Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfreyis an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She 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 North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person. Several...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1954
CityKosciusko, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I've met a lot of people in my life, but I've never met anyone like this little boy, who seemed to come from another world.
See, that's what geniuses know, ... They know they're a genius. When geniuses take the test they say, 'well, I'm a genius, of course, I'm going to score.'
This is the part ... that I absolutely, positively could never figure out,
This makes me so mad. This should not have happened.
This is why I say you were so courageous, because you know what courage is.
You said, 'I'm going to be on your show,' and I was more interested in the car. People say that to me all the time - they say, 'Hey Oprah, I just wrote a book,' or 'I'm a singer,' but you're the first person who ever made that true.
Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities
This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted.
This is part of the reason I was born, ... I will do other films, but nothing will come close to meaning what this has meant to me at this particular time.
That's it; you get to become more of yourself, ... That's it!
This country owes these people an apology. This should not have happened.
We shall not be moved. We're here, thousands strong in Yankee Stadium, to say to the world hope lives, prayer lives, love lives.
passports to new and exciting worlds... and I know that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for my love of reading.
I would not be standing here today, nor standing where I stand every day, had she not chosen to sit down. I know that.