Oprah Winfrey
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I hear the people saying, though, Jesus loves a lot of people who are still real poor.
But I acknowledge that I am blessed.
Blessed and, as the Bible said, blessed and highly favored.
But I have only been blessed because I leaned into what was intended for me by a power greater than myself.
You know, I couldn't have dreamed this.
I was just going to be happy being a fourth grade teacher.
I was going to be happy being a fourth grade teacher.
You would have been a damn good fourth grade teacher.
Oh my God, I was going to be the best.
I had decided that I was going to win the Teacher of the Year Award as the fourth grade teacher.
I was going to be a great fourth grade teacher.
I would choose being on the porch...
in Mississippi, in the rocking chair, in my grandmother's arms, and watching the lightning