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

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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If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.
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Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.
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Don't waste your time in the race looking back to see what the other guy is doing. It's not about the other guy. It's about what can you do. You just need to run that race as hard as you can. You need to give it everything you've got, all the time, for yourself.
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Would you do your job and not be paid for it? I would do this job, and take on a second job just to make ends meet if nobody paid me. That’s how you know you are doing the right thing.
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Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.
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I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
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We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.
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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
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I don't know what kind of egomaniac is sitting at home thinking about the impact they have had on the culture. It's not something I actually think about until it comes up.
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Back in the day when I started - it's like I walked five miles to school in the snow barefooted - there were three channels.I don't know what I would do.
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I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.
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Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities.
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If you take care of your body, it'll take care of you.
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Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
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