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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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I always knew I was destined for greatness. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#destined #greatness #i #i always #knew

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#chairs #experts #i #next #our

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#difference #great #great things #how #makes

I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If you stop, it's harder to get started again. I still don't think I made the wrong decision, but he was right. ↗

— Debra Winger

#back #change #decision #directions #easier

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working. ↗

— Debra Winger

#also #always #being #being famous #came

I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid. ↗

— Debra Winger

#arrived #being #depressed #happiest #happiest people

I don't think that I'm that easy to live with. I have to be reminded that I can have fun. I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up. ↗

— Debra Winger

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I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style. ↗

— Debra Winger

#come #enjoyed #far #films #i

I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate. ↗

— Debra Winger

#average #average woman #because #choose #going