Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.
Whoopi Goldberg
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In March 1943, my parents, four-year-old sister and I were interned with other foreign civilians at Lunghua camp, a former teacher training college outside Shanghai, where we remained until the end of August 1945.
J. G. Ballard
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I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning.
Carl Rogers
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My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
Karolyn Grimes
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Sentences or solutions occur to me in the shower, or while running on the treadmill, or riding on the subway.
Karen Thompson Walker
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Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.
Eddie Redmayne
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I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book.
Salman Rushdie
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It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid.
Barton Gellman
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No, I'm so well-known at home I think they think of me like a piece of comfortable furniture that's always been around that they're not going to throw out.
Jacki Weaver
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Being effective at social media, whether for business or personal use, means capturing people who have short attention spans. They're only a click away from a picture of a funny cat, so you have to make your thing more compelling than that cat. And that can be a high bar.
Alexis Ohanian
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I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex is something beautiful to give to and share with a lover. It has nothing to do with promiscuity, because I only believe in being in love with one man at a time.
Dorothy Stratten
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I think it's an impulse for human beings to want to suffer less, and we're kind of addicted to comfort at all costs - at least, I am.
Jeff Bridges
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With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the need for it, the expression of it.
Elizabeth Berg
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I had heard some Elvis songs on the radio. During Christmastime, they'd play 'Blue Christmas,' and I knew I liked his songs, but I didn't know who it was singing them. I just knew I liked them... I started reading, watching, and just picking up everything I could about him.
Drake Milligan
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The subject does not belong to the world, but it is a limit of the world. (5.632)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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The Undertaker stood up for what was right. He earned everything he got.
Bret Hart
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I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
Fergie
The Black Eyed Peas
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When Spotify launched in the U.S. in 2011, it relied on simple usage-based algorithms to connect users and music, a process known as 'collaborative filtering.' These algorithms were more often annoying than useful.
John Seabrook
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[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.
Whoopi Goldberg
