Quote by Oprah Winfrey
I dont think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made goo

I dont think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good. – Oprah Winfrey

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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. – Oprah Winfrey

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I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear. – Oprah Winfrey

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Ive watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me. – Bonnie Raitt

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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. – Washington Irving

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I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if its writing time, I write. – Jodi Picoult

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Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. – Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711

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