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Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE
Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 13
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We're dealing with old issues that aren't ours. We carry them and we pass them on to those who come after us. I am hoping to crack some of those.
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Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.
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I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do what I'm doing, came into me. There's a very nice feeling that there are many, many spirits inside of me looking after me . . .
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I won once [an Oscar]. So it can't be that racist.
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Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.
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If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.'
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That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.
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An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
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There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.
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Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?
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There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.
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I'd like everyone to imagine a world where you get a job as Tom, and then the next day you're Tina. Imagine you're in the world where you love what you do, but people say that you can't be who you are.
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When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
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In order to sell in all the different places where medical marijuana is legal, you have to build a facility and grow in the state you're selling in, so it's daunting.
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We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model] we know a lot about it.
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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.
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No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'
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I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.
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The art of acting is to be other than what you are.
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