Oprah Winfrey Quotes, Years Quotes, Names Quotes

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name for you.

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Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light.

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Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Light Quotes , Years Quotes

Lincoln-sad, patient, kindly Lincoln, who after bearing upon his weary shoulders for four years a greater burden than that borne by any other man of the nineteenth century laid down his life for the people whom living he had served as well-built upon his early study of the Bible.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Men Quotes , Years Quotes

So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.

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I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year.

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I want to leave an album behind that is classic, that people in 50 years will refer to and pass on to their children. An album that you never bored of.

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Nothing is swifter than our years.

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My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years ago and still do.

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Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Grandmother Quotes , Years Quotes

The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.

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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening?

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Sometimes they're nothing, sometimes they're something, sometimes there's a connection that years later may show up. All of this information is useful.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Years Quotes , Connections Quotes

If you can't explain what you are doing to a nine-year-old, then either you still don't understand it very well, or it's not all that worthwile in the first place.

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Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , Years Quotes , Nine Quotes

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

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Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Years Quotes , Able Quotes

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

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People who plan their life when they're 18 years old and say, "This is my life plan," would generally be surprised and maybe disappointed.

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We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.

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We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Years Quotes , Challenges Quotes

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way.

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Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , War Quotes , Years Quotes

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

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I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.

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