About Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently (2015) North America's only black billionaire. Several assessments regard her as the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.

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I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

Oprah Winfrey

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

Oprah Winfrey

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.

Oprah Winfrey

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

Oprah Winfrey

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

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The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

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

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Oprah Winfrey

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

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I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Oprah Winfrey

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.

Oprah Winfrey

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Oprah Winfrey

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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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandm...

Oprah Winfrey

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

Oprah Winfrey

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NameOprah Winfrey
DescriptionAmerican businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
AliasesOprah Gail Winfrey
BornJanuary 29, 1954
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionFilm Actor; Television Presenter; Patron; Television Producer; Film Producer; Businessperson; Reporter; Actor; Voice Actor; Writer; Talk Show Host; Autobiographer
WorksThe Oprah Winfrey Show; The Women Of Brewster Place; The Color Purple; Beloved; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Charlotte's Web; Bee Movie; The Princess And The Frog; The Butler
AwardsPeabody Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Honorary Degree; Time 100: The Most Important People Of The Century; Time 100; Spingarn Medal; Bob Hope Humanitarian Award; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; Award; Award; NAACP Image Award For Outstanding News, Talk Or Information – Series Or Special; NAACP Image Award For Entertainer Of The Year; NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture; NAACP Image Award – Hall Of Fame Award; People's Choice Award; Primetime Emmy Award; Award; Marian Anderson Award; National Women's Hall Of Fame

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