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    When I wake up, I’m still in my trailer. I rub my eyes, and sit up. Stretching, I glance down at myself and I do a double take. I’m wearing an old sea-green dress. It has short sleeves, a hem that goes to my knees, and a fitted middle. On my feet are white canvas shoes that are scuffed at the edges. I stand up, shaky, and walk to my mirror. My hair is parted in the middle, and I find that it’s been dyed a darker red and has been curled as well. Makeup, which makes me look younger, shows on my face

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    Living a life where there is something that will always haunt me. Leaving me horrified every time I look down a road or if I see people on bikes. A day that is so real to me, leaving me terrified. A day that took my soul away leaving me with no light to spare looking for a way to get out. A day that made my life different from what it is today, which happened nine years ago. It happened on an evening in June, just as the sun was setting. Outside on top of the hill just right down the road from my

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    The latino population has influenced American ways of life . Latino’s have changed the United states. In areas such as arts, sports, movements, and income. Without their influence on american culture would be a much different place. The famous latina I have chosen to represent is Sofia Vergara. She is know as a triple threat ih her own way. Vergara is a model, actress, and former comedian. Sofia grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia and was born on July 10th, 1972, to the loving parents Margarita Vergara

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    Oprah Winfrey is a hardworking and inspiring woman. She ran a hit television talk-show that gave people a look into famous people’s lives. Being an African American women, she has had many hardships and has still become extremely successful. A big, obvious issue being racism. She grew up in the 50s and 60s, so she, without a doubt, dealt with racism. Oprah is also a philanthropist which shows her caring soul. She has founded fundraising networks and has donated tons of money towards good causes.

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    Oprah Winfrey: Personality Analysis Using the Cognitive-Experiential Domain Oprah Winfrey was born January 29, 1954, and is the richest African American of the 20th century (Wikipedia, Oprah Winfrey, 2007). Oprah’s talk show is the highest rated talk show in television history with an astonishing 8.4 million viewers daily (Doyle, 2007). Numerous assessments rank Winfrey as the most influential and powerful woman in the world, with a net worth over half a billion dollars (Henley, 2007). In my

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    Oprah Winfrey, a talk show hostess also known as an actress, philanthropist, publisher and a producer. Oprah Winfrey was born in the town Kosciusko in Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. She grew up in a small farming community, and had a troubled childhood where she got sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother. She moved to Nashville to live with her father and entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville

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    Oprah Winfrey Traits

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    ‘’Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.’’ This is one the most favorite quotes by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is one of the richest black women in the world. She is also North America first and only multi billionaire black person. She has a talk show host, actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She has a talk show which she is most known for. Her television show was from 1986-2011. Her show was one of the highest

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    Speech Analysis Paper Oprah Winfrey Stanford University Graduation 2008 This speech was about three lessons that Oprah Winfrey has come across in her professional and personal life. She talked about striving to be yourself and not anyone else and how you can grasp failure and turn it around by embracing it and finding the solution, and lastly how happiness comes when you give back to others. Her first lesson was about striving to be your own self; she talked about in the beginning of her

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    Oprah had finished some stunning accomplishments and numerous more things she had done to assemble her approach to accomplishment all through her profession. Oprah Gail Winfrey, a celebrated dark essayist, anchorperson, and performing artist. She has conceived in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. Oprah's mom, Vernita Lee, was a youthful house cleaner whom scarcely had cash to bring home the bacon. In the interim, Oprah's dad, Vernon Winfrey, was in the armed force drive and turned into

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    Gorgeous Sarah Paulson

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    Sarah Paulson Wiki, Net Worth, Married, Age, Height, Salary and Bio Bio Gorgeous Sarah Paulson is an American actress. She was named as one of the 100 most influential people of the year. She is appreciated for her work in TV series, Jack & Jill and American Gothic. Her astounding act in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, earned her numerous awards she won the Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Television Award, TCA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Outstanding

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