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I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news.

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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
Podcaster
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Oprah Gail Winfrey
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True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.
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To love yourself is a never-ending journey.
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I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.
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I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.
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I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream – and by tuning into one another’s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.
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I believe I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. I know who and what holds the future. I trust that beyond this space and time, all is well, and all will be well.
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Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.
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You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.
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The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do.
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Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities.
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When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom.
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Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
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There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to. And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
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I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America.
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No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.
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Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
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The secret to being successful is to find a way to bring yourself through, even in your stories. People are looking for the essence of your truth. When you can bring your own truth to it, that's when it works.
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