Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost.
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Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.
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We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. For the most part, we use only a fraction of these powers, and some not at all.
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You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.
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Female murderers get sheaves of offers of marriage.
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I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.
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Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.
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To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.
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Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places - ours. Every last thing in Jerusalem that drives men mad.
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To design a home is to design happiness, to create for ourselves a little piece of joy.
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Footballers are going on strike? When can they start?
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You do realize that makes it even more tempting.
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I want a world without war. War never works it just kills. I want my children to never have to have a close contact with war. I want my children and future generations to grow up free and in a peaceful world. War is not freedom it is a malignant force imposed by men in power. We must change the views of people in power now and let them know that in a diplomatic and peaceful way issues can be solved.
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Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
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I have a purity ring.
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Football is a way of life down there.
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The new racism: Racism without 'racists.' Today, racial segregation and division often result from habits, policies, and institutions that are not explicitly designed to discriminate. Contrary to popular belief, discrimination or segregation do not require animus. They thrive even in the absence of prejudice or ill will. It's common to have racism without racists.
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Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.
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A moment of silence, please, for the lost art of shutting up.
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I won once [an Oscar]. So it can't be that racist.
