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" I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be. "
Whoopi Goldberg
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" And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy. "
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" I am an artist, art has no color and no sex. "
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" I have the strangest time to get cast in anything. 'Ghost' was the same thing. Six months I had to wait for them to decide they had seen everybody possible. Why not? What limits me? I'm black? Oh, am I black? "
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" It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. "
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