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Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 13
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You know what? I think the American people are a little pissed, and I think they're pissed at both parties - I think they're really pissed at both parties - and it will be reflected during election time.
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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 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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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
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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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What I am is a humanist before anything - before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race - they don't exclude anyone.
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I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
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