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I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking Why did this happen to me? but trying to figure out why I had chosen this.

Oprah Winfrey

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