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You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction. It's just an experience, just an experience.

Oprah Winfrey

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