Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
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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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When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.
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I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.
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I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.
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I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
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I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better.
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If it never rained, nothing would grow.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
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You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.
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Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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Every day, you're only as good as your last show.
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I hear people say all the time, "I'm not really religious, but I consider myself spiritual." I definitely have always been spiritual, being raised by my grandmother on that little acre in Mississippi, indoctrinated, born into the church and the ways of the church.
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You alone are enough.
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Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.
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Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie.
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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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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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Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.
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It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.