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“I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves." Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life." And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”
“If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.”
“A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.”
“I cannot be defined by what other people think.”
“I really believe when you give to other people, you give to yourself.”
“What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.”
“The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship.”
“What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.”
“I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.”
“There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to." And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.”
“The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.”
“When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.”
“This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.”
“For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity.”
“Can I just tell you the truth? I get asked to do a lot of stuff. And all of the years that people have asked me to do things for the film festival, I couldn't. And so this year, I thought, "Oh, my god, I don't have a day job. If somebody ask me to do something, I'm going to do it."”
“The only way to end war is communication between people.”
“Interviewing people, I don't miss that at all. I do miss kibitzing with the audience because after every show I would spend half an hour to 40 minutes talking to people.”
“I can't deny that Jerry Springer supposedly beating us didn't affect me. There was a point where I felt like, Golly, you work so hard, you try so hard and the people say they want meaningful television and then Jerry Springer ends up beating you. It was disturbing.”
“In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.”