Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.
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I've been ripped for being too sensitive, but I do think people need to walk in another person's shoes before they accuse them of being too sensitive.
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I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
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Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
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The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.
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I have fought all over the world, and I am excited to be in 'EA Sports MMA' because this game is going to show the global appeal of mixed martial arts.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.
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I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
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I started at Howard in the drama department. At the same time, I was a fledgling member of the Black Repertory Company in Washington, D.C. When I graduated, I had the great fortune of being in the Los Angeles production of 'For Colored Girls'... And all these years since, I've done stage work.
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When trying to explain anything, I usually find that the Bible, that great collection of magnificent and varied poetry, has said it before in the best possible way.
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I'd like to drift into Jessica Tandy-type parts.
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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
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If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.
