Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every morning. Duh.
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Our team has always believed that neither cost and distance should ever prevent people from connecting with their friends and loved ones, and won't rest until everyone, everywhere is empowered with that opportunity.
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Watching Jaws just scared the living daylights out of me when I was young. I know a lot of people my age who are still petrified of sharks because of that film.
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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
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I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
