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1 Mar, 2008

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Chodron speaks to Winfrey in an interview for O Magazine about why she became a Buddhist priest.

I became involved in Buddhism in a way that’s very appealing to a lot of people because of the fact that their lives fall apart, and that’s what happened to me. When my second marriage broke up, it just floored me, but I had some kind of fundamental sanity that kept saying, There’s something very profound in this that will teach you something so I started looking for it. The first line of Chögyam Trungpa’s article Working with Negativity read, We all experience negativity the basic aggression of wanting things to be different than they are. Everything else was saying, Look at the positive side, and this said, Stay with your experience. That’s how it started.

1 Jun, 2008

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Shriver talks to Winfrey in an interview for O Magazine about making a name for herself in the world and finding her way.

I’d have to find another thing. That’s what I wrote about in the book Just Who Will You Be? I made the mistake of thinking that external accomplishments would bring me peace. I thought it was about the job or a book or making a name for myself. So many people would come up to me and say, Which Kennedy are you? At a very young age, I thought, You’re going to know which one I am. I decided that I was going to be the Kennedy who makes her own name and finds her own job and works like a dog. My comeuppance was when Arnold got elected I became the Kennedy who was married to the governor.

1 Dec, 2008

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Pink gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine about his book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. 

In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they’re not enough. What’s important now are the characteristics of the brain’s right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

1 Feb, 2009

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Fey gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine about her impersonation of Sarah Palin on SNL.

No. I just kept thinking, I don’t work here anymore, so if this ends up being lousy, I told you guys I don’t do this. I also felt safe doing it with Amy [Amy Poehler played both Hillary Clinton and Katie Couric in the SNL sketches]. I wouldn’t have enjoyed doing it alone, because I never did anything alone on SNL.

1 Apr, 2009

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First Lady Michelle Obama gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine about her first week in the White House.

Well, we still had family here, so it was almost like a wedding. A huge, very complicated wedding. The last visitors didn’t leave until Sunday. And then the first Monday was kind of weird. You know: Now we live here, and Barack is getting up and going to work, and it’s just us. This is our home now. But the kids didn’t act any differently.

1 Jun, 2009

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Edwards gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine. She talks about receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis from her doctors.

I Cry[ed]. I admit it. We were sitting in a little room in the hospital, and it was hard not to break down. But then we said we’re going to keep pushing. You can fight for yourself or you can just throw your hands up and say, Okay, I’m through. I’ll just wait to die.

1 Oct, 2009

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Jay-Z gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine about being abandoned by his father when he was 11.

[I felt] Anger. At the whole situation. Because when you’re growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you’ve let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again. So I remember just being really quiet and really cold. Never wanting to let myself get close to someone like that again. I carried that feeling throughout my life, until my father and I met up before he died.

7 Dec, 2009

People cover

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oprahWinfrey appears on the cover of People after announcing she’s ending her talk show after 20 years. Winfrey discusses what she plans on doing once the show is officially over. On making the announcement:

Audience, you can breathe now. You’re making me nervous—and I don’t get nervous! Wish me luck.

1 May, 2010

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Hanh gives an interview to Oprah for O Magazine about the first time he saw saw a picture of the Buddha in a magazine.

I was 7, 8. He was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling. I was impressed. Around me, people were not like that, so I had the desire to be like him. And I nourished that desire until the age of 16, when I had the permission of my parents to go and ordain as a monk.

1 Jan, 2011

OWN Launch

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Opera launches new television network, Oprah Winfrey Network or OWN.

I wanted to take the ideals of great television that we’ve established on the Oprah show and bring them to you through a variety of new shows 24/7. Every minute of this network has been hand-selected by me for you, the viewers.

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK LAUNCH JAN 1, 2011

2 Jan, 2011

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Sawyer discusses the advice she receives along the her journey especially from her father.

My dad, I still think, had the most beautiful, simple checklist for what you should do in life: Do something you really love that you would do it anyway. Do it in the most adventurous place you can do it. And make sure that it helps other people. And if you feel there’s a genuine need for it, and that through that need you can help other people, you’re home.

9 Jan, 2011

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Jay-Z  discusses his life, the music business and lessons about both that he has learned along the way. He focuses on the difference between amazing vs. excellence. Also how to be comfortable with yourself.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great

Jay-Z Master Class pt. 1 Excellence

16 Jan, 2011

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Angelou sits down and teaches about love, life and how to be great on Oprah Winfrey’s Masterclass series.

If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Theresa, or Malcolm X; if a human being dares to be bigger than the condition into which she or he was born—it means so can you.

Dr. Maya Angelou: "Be a Rainbow in Someone Else's Cloud" | Oprah's Master Class | OWN

30 Jan, 2011

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The television producer talks about how pushing people can make for a wonderful outcome.

I push people pretty hard, and the only thing that justifies the abuse is the exhilaration of a skit working, because when it does it’s a joy to behold

1 Feb, 2011

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Winfrey interviews Taymor for O Magazine. Taymor is asked how she fuels her creativity and successful career:

Mythology, folklore, the different places I’ve traveled all of it feeds me. But I also have very good people around me. I tend to collaborate with the same people over and over. The set designer, George Tsypin, has done six operas with me. My lighting designer started 14 years ago and did The Lion King and every show I’ve done since. I do have a new costume designer, Eiko Ishioka. I love doing costumes, but that would have been too much for me to handle.

12 Nov, 2011

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

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Winfrey wins the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 84th American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Award ceremony held in the Hollywood & Highland Center Grand Ballroom. Lawrence Gordon, John Travolta, Maria Shriver, and Ayanna Hall present the award.

I never imagined myself receiving an Oscar, certainly not for doing what I believe is a part of my calling, is a part of my being. It’s a part of why I am here.

1 Jan, 2012

Steven Tyler interview

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Tyler talks years of drug addiction, his relationship with exs’ and American Idol in a full interview with Winfrey on Oprah’s Next Chapter.

Don’t get me wrong, every one of those girls I love them dearly. When we made love, we cried and we had a kid. It was that heavy. It was magic. It never happens like that all the time. Never cry as you climax. And it’s something I never told anybody. It was just those four times.

How Steven Tyler Survived Drug Addiction | Oprah's Next Chapter | Oprah Winfrey Network