She survived a difficult childhood to become the queen of daytime TV in the States, and the country's first black female billionaire. Here is story behind Oprah Winfrey's rise to fame.
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00:007 I was so sad. At 7, all of my real love came from my teachers.
00:308 My father said to me, this is your second chance.
00:54This is your opportunity.
01:249 In more than 4,500 episodes of her show, her message was always, you can. You can do,
01:44and you can be, and you can grow, and it can be better.
01:4710 There are millions upon millions of silent victims in this country that have been and
02:06will continue to be irrevocably harmed unless we all here do something.
02:3711 This is not just, for me, some small idea. This is a supreme moment of destiny for me.
02:46I've been coming to this day my entire life.
03:06This is the greatest honor of my life. I never even imagined that I would even ever be considered.
03:21It's not the kind of thing that you grow up, I hope I get the Medal of Freedom.
03:36I'm going to make it very clear to all the press, everybody, I don't want to run, okay?
03:48Nobody can be powerful unless you are also authentic. You cannot be powerful unless you're
04:04also real.