Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don’t think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn’t struck by that.

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Oprah is a very smart and impressive person. When you spend time with her, you can instantly see how intelligent and talented she is. She has a special quality that makes you take notice of how bright and capable she is.

About Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the TV series Dallas, is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author. She has written several bestselling books on beauty, skincare, fitness, and health, and has also founded her own line of skincare products, Principal Secret.

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When women work together, it’s a bond unlike any other.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don’t think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn’t struck by that.

Victoria Principal

American actress

There are two things in life that I really wanted to do: be an actress, and to be in skin care, and I’ve gotten to do both of them.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.

Victoria Principal

American actress

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?

Victoria Principal

American actress

Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don’t know of anyone else who can say this.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.

Victoria Principal

American actress

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we’re alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

Victoria Principal

American actress

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn’t do, I did it.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look – that healthy equals beautiful.

Victoria Principal

American actress

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I’m generally not interested in who I am competing with.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Don’t strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

Victoria Principal

American actress

You can’t be responsible for the way people respond to you. You’re only responsible for yourself.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I’m about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I’m very proud of that.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

Victoria Principal

American actress

Success doesn’t mean that you are healthy, success doesn’t mean that you’re happy, success doesn’t mean that you’re rested. Success really doesn’t mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

Victoria Principal

American actress

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees – they were all women.

Victoria Principal

American actress

As the years go by, I’ve added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn’t equal.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I’m generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I’ve found that served me very well.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can’t worry about what everyone’s going to think.

Victoria Principal

American actress

As long as my body is in shape, my mind is working at its full capacity.

Victoria Principal

American actress

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent.

Victoria Principal

American actress

It used to be you wanted to marry up.

Victoria Principal

American actress

When I don’t plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don’t have joy.

Victoria Principal

American actress

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

Victoria Principal

American actress