Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
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Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
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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.
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You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.
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There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.
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My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.
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When I was a kid they didn't call it dyslexia. They called it you know, you were slow, or you were retarded, or whatever. What you can never change is the effect that the words 'dumb' and 'stupid' have on young people. I knew I wasn't stupid, and I knew I wasn't dumb. My mother told me that. If you read to me, I could tell you everything that you read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?
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Did you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing the medicines that prevent transmission from mother to child. Missing the protection from parents teachers and role models that can teach them about the danger, and keep them safe from sexual exploitation. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.
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I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.
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Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
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It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention
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[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.
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I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do what I'm doing, came into me. There's a very nice feeling that there are many, many spirits inside of me looking after me . . .
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I say if you're worried, vote smart. Vote smart.
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I think because I've gotten permission from my style icons like Tim Gunn and André Leon Talley, who say to me, "You don't need to dress like anyone else, because you're your own fashion icon. You represent comfortable. And you do fashion your way, and you should be at Fashion Week." They gave me permission to enjoy it! And it's great!
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Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?
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I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
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I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.
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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
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You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is
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I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
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In order to sell in all the different places where medical marijuana is legal, you have to build a facility and grow in the state you're selling in, so it's daunting.
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I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
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I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.