years. There are even fewer that can say that that is only the top of the list. Simply those statements are enough to show Oprah Winfrey’s immense achievements and evoke profound respect from anyone listening. Though all of that is incredibly important‚ perhaps the most important achievement of Oprah’s is the fact that she was able to achieve anything at all. Oprah Winfrey was born to a teenage mother living alone and in poverty. Growing up extremely poor‚ she was bullied often in school for having
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Mrs. Haas English 2 CP 25 October 2005 The Renaissance Woman When Oprah Winfrey told her 49 million viewers‚ "It just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" (Tannen) about the Mad cow disease‚ she wouldn ’t know it would cost the beef industry $12 million (Deborah Tannen). Texas cattlemen tried to sue Oprah for causing this such massive downfall‚ but she would win (Deborah Tannen). Oprah Winfrey was once a constantly abused thirteen year old girl. Now she is arguably the most famous African
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Oprah Winfrey‚ the richest woman in the world‚ stated‚ “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” In The Call Of The Wild‚ Buck‚ a fierce dog comes face to face with another dog‚ Spitz‚ in a fight for leadership among their pack. Buck uses his ferocious instincts to defeat Spitz revealing that power is earned‚ not given. Buck works hard to get bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. As he progresses more people start to realize him‚ and admire him. After Buck defeats Spitz‚ he trots
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Oprah Winfrey Imagine your poor‚ an African American woman‚ abused as a young child‚ having a teenage pregnancy‚ being sexually abused as a young adult‚ and still becoming one of the most influential woman in the world‚ this is Oprah. Oprah Winfrey was born in April‚ 1953 in Kosciusko Mississippi to Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee. She was sexually abused for many years of her life. At age 14 Oprah got pregnant as a result from the abuse. She feared that she would be faced with this obstacle‚ and
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This speech was about three lessons that Oprah Winfrey has come across in her professional and personal life. She talked about striving to be yourself and not anyone else and how you can grasp failure and turn it around by embracing it and finding the solution‚ and lastly how happiness comes when you give back to others. Her first lesson was about striving to be your own self; she talked about in the beginning of her professional career when she had a job in Baltimore as a news anchor. She was
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Running Head: OPRAH WINFREY Oprah Winfrey Jenny Williams Colorado Technical University Professor Barrand August 13‚ 2012 Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey selection as the subject of this case study is associated with the idea that education‚ hard work‚ and persistency pays off when it comes to progressing in life. Overcoming hardships and adversities in life are part of a person’s development to achieve greatness‚ and these are true American values that are
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spelling and pronunciation‚ she was known as Oprah. Winfrey’s parents were unmarried and separated soon after she was born‚ and left her in the care of her maternal grandmother. She lived in a poor lifestyle and it had a negative effect on Winfrey as a young adult‚ and her problems were caused by repeated sexual abuse‚ starting at age nine‚ by men that others in her family trusted. Her mother worked and did not have much time for supervision. Winfrey attended Tennessee State University on a full
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Oprah Winfrey once stated‚ "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity‚" meaning that luck is not the random chances in life but precise preparation and opportunity joining to make a successful or failed event. Analyzing this quote‚ one might find that luck is not what people need to believe in but hard work and determination should be one’s motivation. Starting with the meaning of luck‚ it is something that happens to a person by chance with no planning. From just right there one can agree
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Martin‚ Oprah‚ and Thurgood’s involvement with the civil rights movement was a turning point in American history‚ because of their efforts‚ America is a free nation. During the early civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement worked on a city-by-city approach‚ gaining national attention. Other civil rights activist‚ such as Oprah and Thurgood Marshall‚ have also played a big part in the movement‚ all of them have even spoken to people in the most dangerous areas of the deep
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It can be argued that Oprah Winfrey achieved the American Dream because she was born into a racist society as an African-American girl. Nevertheless‚ Winfrey defied the discrimination and became one of the most well-known talk show hosts in America‚ if not the world‚ and the first and only African-American billionaire‚ not to mention that she is a self-made billionaire (Robehmed). Despite growing up impoverished in a society in which she was discriminated against‚ Oprah Winfrey has achieved the American
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