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When I didn't have friends, I had books.

Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 29
Actor
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Motivational Speaker
Patron Of The Arts
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Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others.
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You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
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I live in the space where God is. There is no question that that is why I am where I am, and why I have had the success that I've had, is because I allow myself to be guided by that which is greater than myself - than my personality.
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When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.
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One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
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My goal is always, how do you get better?
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Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.
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The nature of Buddhism, as I understand it, is to believe that we are all pure and radiant at our core. And yet we see around us so much evidence that people are not acting from a place of purity and radiance.
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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
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Just being born makes you worthy enough to be here
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It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you
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So, that is my final lesson from the universe - you just do what you need to do, and stay on track.
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I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that all of us share is the stories of our lives, and everybody has a story. Your story is as important as the next person's story.
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I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.
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What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.
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If you are a woman living, you've been done wrong by a man.
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I believe I'm just getting started. The TV show is just the foundation.... If you're open to the possibilities, your life gets grander, bigger, bolder!
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Life is about becoming more of who you really are.
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