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
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.
It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.
I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!
Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.
I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.
I will not be taking a paternity test, ever!
I cannot be defined by what other people think.
I feel my greatest work is yet to come.
There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.
I don't have a lot of "I can't" inside me.
To kick things off, [television show host Andy Cohen] asked the last time Winfrey had smoked marijuana. 'Uh ... 1982,' Winfrey replied. 'Let's hang out after the show,' Cohen joked. 'Okay,' Winfrey laughed. 'I hear it's gotten better.'
Love is a lesson worth learning.
You are here to do something you are uniquely created for. No one else can do it like you can, that's why you're here