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I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

Oprah Winfrey

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