Oprah Winfrey Quotes

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Oprah Winfrey

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : January 29, 1954

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Oprah Winfrey

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Oprah Winfrey

The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.

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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

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I always knew I was destined for greatness.

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Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.

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If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.

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Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

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My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

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