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“The key to life is to develop an internal moral, emotional G.P.S. that can tell you which way to go.”

Source: Commencement address at Harvard University, 30 May 2013

Context In her commencement address at Harvard, she drew on her own career, including the difficult launch of her OWN network, to advise graduates on finding their direction.

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Oprah WinfreyUnited States · b. 1954
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