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38 quotes
American singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)
“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. it's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light.”
"Your transparency is just another one of your disguises, isn't it? You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are."
on Truth
"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher"
on Wisdom
"Have greater compassion and empathy for others, and don't judge anyone, because you have no idea what's going on in their life."
"When you say "Yes!" to your dream and do what you truly love to do, you are also transforming the world for the better."
on Inspirational
"You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself."
"Nothing eases suffering like human touch."
on Compassion
"Be brave. You didn't travel this far to languish within the walls of your comfortable self."
on Courage
"I do not know the word 'quit'. Either I never did, or I have abolished it."
on Perseverance
"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great"."
"There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world."
"I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside."
on Art
"If I want to get out of here, I have to be the one to save myself."
"Listening to one's self as well as to others is a sacred act of healing. There is a higher octave of listening that hears the wisdom within the words."
"May we all listen to what's really going on with our friends and loved ones. Listen and stand with them in their pain and their joy."
on Love
"It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life."
on Education
"Fear and failure, they go hand in hand. They’re like dance partners with great rhythm."
on Fear
"In this business (showbiz) it takes time to be really good and by that time, you're obsolete."
on Time
"Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself."
"I used to wonder what I was doing wrong. Now I know: just about everything."
on Humor
"Dead or alive, true leaders can inspire an entire army."
on Leadership
