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 speak to millions every day, but it's different one-on-one when people have paid to hear you say something meaningful.
I've been doing this a long time and people have made donations and they've been very kind, but no one has ever given our Angel Network $1 million.
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.
From the moment I had Rachael on my show earlier this year, I knew she had it. She has that connection with her audience that most people only achieve one-on-one.
What is relevant is that he was a drug addict ... and stepped out of that history to be the man he is today and to take that message to save other people and allow them to save themselves.
You cannot hate other people without hating your self
It's been a secret dream of mine to be part of Broadway, ... I hope to be able to do for this production some of what I've been able to do for books - that is, to open the door to the possibilities for a world of people who have never been or even thought of going to a Broadway show.
To be sure, some of the excitement had seeped out of the club by the end. Where initially, an Oprah logo could add a million copies to a book's sales, by the end the figure was more like 600,000. Some people who considered themselves
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.
This country owes these people an apology. This should not have happened.
Janie, to me, represents awareness of self and becoming a whole person, ... I used to be one of those women who was afraid of being full of herself. Because growing up, and even in elementary school, people would say, 'Oh, she thinks she's so full of herself.'
Matthew's search for stories of people that he could help led him to an abandoned hospital in New Orleans, ... Inside were beloved pets that families had been forced to leave behind during this evacuation. One man vowed to keep them alive. And Matthew went to help him.
I love the printed word and have always appreciated the unique connection between author and reader. This magazine provides a different way for people to be informed and inspired.
changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world.