Elite Quote by Kehinde Wiley

Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited…

— Eli Broad

I don't think I'm the 'Oprah' type.

— Danielle Bregoli

I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman.

— Naomi Alderman

That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor.

— Jack Kerouac

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

— Mila Kunis

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose,…

— Harry Belafonte

Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasn't really teaching us like so many people we see today. With…

— Bonnie Hunt

I grew up poor.

— Jessica Chastain

Oprah is definitely a self-made woman and she came from being dirt poor, as did I.

— Chrishell Stause

I always felt like, 'I hope Oprah teaches a class to everybody when they get super famous about how to use, responsibly, that blessing.'

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

— Sonia Sotomayor

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way…

— Jennifer Garner