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Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 29
Actor
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Entertainer
Film Producer
Journalist
Motivational Speaker
Patron Of The Arts
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Oprah Gail Winfrey
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
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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.
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When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.
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