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What do I love about: Oprah?
Kitts Kelly does an amazing job in taking readers through Oprah’s journey. In as much as the writer seems to shine the light on Oprah’s shortcomings. Kelly has made Oprah’s lovers such as myself come to love the icon even more. Despite racism, sexism, sizeism, and heterosexism, Oprah was able to achieve success beyond any human expectation. She knew the end from the beginning and worked tirelessly day and night to achieve her goals. The writer portrayed Oprah as Narcissistic, Machiavellian and sometimes psychotic. But truth must be said that to achieve the kind of success Oprah attained, you had to risk and be a little crazy. Despite all of these, there is a lot to learn from Oprah if you which to escape the gravitational pull of mediocrity.
What do I not love about: Oprah?
Whilst the book Oprah was well written and provides deep revelations about the icon Oprah, the book does infact contain more pages (524) than an average book.
Who should read: Oprah?
All Oprah fans or individuals like myself obsessed with biographies of highly successful men and women.
Who should not read: Oprah?
If you are not an Oprah fan, you may not have any desire to read this.
Notes from Oprah
- EXCELLENCE is the best deterrent to racism
- If you can CONCEIVE it, you can ACHIEVE it
- He allowed me to see that not even the sky was the limit
- The work of your life is to DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE and get on with the business of living it
- The love you give=the love you get
- The only COURAGE you need is the will to follow your passion
- The joy of living well is the greatest reward
- Live your own dreams
- Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breadth, kick off your shoes, step out, and dance
- What you do today creates every tomorrow
- Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Live your truth
- Every-man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is
- When you LEARN, TEACH. When you GET, GIVE. This is how you change the world. One life, one family at a time
- There is no excuse for being both INEFFECTIVE and UNACCOUNTABLE
- It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education
- A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what is a heaven for?
- She has dominated her era by reaching uncommon and unexpected heights, and in doing so, she has become an icon, especially to women. For she has broken through all the barriers that once held them back, and her life story inspires others because. She has never stopped pushing ahead.