Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I am tone deaf.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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My parents actually ran drag clubs in Australia, which is how I grew up. It was normal for me. It was my normal. I knew the other kids didn't do it, but for me, it was life, and nothing was wrong with it. I would see nothing wrong with Beyonce having a drag queen nanny. And why not? Everyone needs one! And a great gay man in their life.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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This is my homeland no one can kick me out.
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If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.
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Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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Making a big Hollywood film that really affects people is as hard as making a small movie on a credit card.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
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I'm ridiculous to feel ridiculous when I'm not. You must be laughing at me for feeling you are laughing at me if you are not laughing at me.
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Trátame como debes tratarme, no como merezco ser tratado.
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It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.
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To shy away from human extremes and human sensuality makes for bone-dry fiction. A world parched of our sexual releases and our tumultuous daily emotional lives is deeply impoverished. It is not lifelike, at least life as I remember living it.
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I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.
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What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.
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I sat with five of the "Mothers of the Movement." Of course I'm hyping the show, but I keep telling everybody this part is not hype. After a while particularly in the case of Sybrina Fulton, they've become celebrities and people forget that they've become celebrities because of the death, the murder of their child. So I wanted people to see the burning desire for these women to live their child's legacy, to not let their child have died in vain, so they're fighting to stop the violence.
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The West's sanctions are not aimed at helping Ukraine, but at geo-politically pushing Russia back. They are foolish and are merely harming both sides.
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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
