Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
[The original Sister Act] is running all over the world now, on-stage as a musical. It lives!
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
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So if I'm 36, and I have my 19-year-old self, I'm pulling him to the side and saying, 'Listen bruh, throwing on your Timbs and your fitted hat and strolling campus trying to get a girl to say yes, or going to the club hoping you bring a girl home, that's not the way to go about healthy relationships. You need to step back.'
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There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup.
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We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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It's hard not to love everything Prada does.
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
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Jesus knew - knew - that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look? You have to be a son of God to know that kind of stuff.
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Men are the Rosie-the-Riveters of parenting: They’re brought in only when needed, and considered disposable thereafter.
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No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.
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Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, but so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it, though I have searched in many countries spread over three continents.
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I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.
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But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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[The original Sister Act] is running all over the world now, on-stage as a musical. It lives!
