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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You dull ass will not mend his pace with beating.
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I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience.
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There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
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Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, "Yeah, songwritin' man," looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off.
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If I hadn't had my children, I would have been discouraged a lot quicker. It would have been much more easy for me to say, "You know what, let the whole thing go. Have a good time, because these people, this place - it's just not worth it." You know? I can't do that anymore. I look into those eyes and they look at me so trustingly that I'm gonna make sure that [they're thinking], "Hey, you did a good thing bringing me into the world, daddy. I'm going to have a great life!"
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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.
