“I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself; when you're aware of all you have”
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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.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I have a special pair of poop shoes under my desk. Whenever I need to drop a deuce, I slip them on and scurry to the restroom, and no one ever knows it's me. Like, if I'm wearing Louboutins that day, and my producer sees Earth shoes in the stall....well, you get the idea. It was truly a lightbulb moment when that came to me.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You cannot be my friend and use the N- word around me. I feel strongly about it… I always think of the millions of people who heard that as their last word as they were hanging from a tree.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Whose life did you touch? Who did you love, and who loved you back?”
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Oprah Winfrey
“You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.”
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Oprah Winfrey
“What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.”
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Oprah Winfrey
