Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
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The presence and the present of America are a future; our continent is, by its nature, the land which does not exist on its own, but as something which is created and invented.
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I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.
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My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin.
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I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.
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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
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I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.
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I don't analyse things, and I don't look back. I can think forward - but only about my family. I don't look outside that and certainly don't care what anyone else thinks.
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There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
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You're only as good as your last haircut.
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I'm more scared of parking by a parking meter than vampires because one of them is real and adversely affects my life and results in a $35 fine, and one is nonsense.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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I can paint in jail.
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I just can't go to the mall. It bothers me that I can't be outside very often.
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It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.
