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I believe your personality is formed at a very early age. Fame can magnify that personality, for good or bad, but it can't change it. So when people say to me, 'Don't change,' I'm thinking, To what? To who? Who else would I be?

Oprah Winfrey

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