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Whoopi Goldberg
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“Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.”
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“I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.”
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“I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me ... I think I'm kind of cool.”
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“I think I'm here for a reason. And I think a little bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to the next step to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble you hope they'll remember to be kind to someone else.”
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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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“Normal is in the eye of the beholder.”
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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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“An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor. I can play anything.”
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“I am an actor; I don't understand actress. You don't call doctors 'doctoresses' or 'doctorettes,' you call them 'doctors.'”
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“[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.”
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“I'm an artist; art has no color and no sex.”
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“If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.”
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“[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.”
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“I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as the result of hard work.”
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“You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee.”
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“If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.”
Whoopi Goldberg, U.S. comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, political activist, writer, talk show host
(1955)
Full name: Caryn Elaine Johnson.