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People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline they steel their nerves they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.

Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 29
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