【正文】 作為一個19歲就出現在電視節(jié)目中的孩子，起初我并不明白這個道理，直到1994年才有所醒悟。它提醒我們，無論是誰，外表怎樣，心存何種信念，憑借共同的目標與努力，它極有可能并將變得更為強大，這點非常重要。在“桑迪岬”慘案中，他們失去了年僅七歲的兒子本?！彪S后他的丈夫補充道：“遇到與你意見不同的人，你不該把他妖魔化甚至誹謗，因為一旦這樣做了，對話也就隨之終止。我們大多數人并不愿意被分類，但是我從所有采訪對象身上發(fā)現一個共同性，那就是人人都希望被認可、被理解。訪談結束后，她把麥克風交給我，對我說：“我表現得還可以吧？”你們的親友、敵人、陌生人，在每次的相遇與交流時，他們都想知道的是：我表現得還可以嗎？你在聽我說話嗎？你在關注我嗎？我的話對你有價值嗎？盡管哈佛是facebook誕生之地，我仍希望各位要嘗試跳出來和那些持不同意見的人進行更多的面對面交流。稱之為靈魂或志氣也好，更高的自我或是智慧也罷，我深知，每個人的內心都有一盞明燈，只要你想，它就將照亮你的人性。神學家霍華德瑟曼說得好：“不要問自己世界需要什么，問問是什么讓你充滿活力地活著，然后大步去做，因為世界所需要的就是一個個朝氣蓬勃的人。 her own biggest personal 我突然想到某首古老贊美詩中的一句話：“困難只是暫時的”，我遇到的麻煩同樣會有結束的一天。人生確實只有一個目標，那就是：最大程度地、最真實地展現自己。不是每個來自密西西比州的農村小姑娘都能來到劍橋城的（注：哈佛位于波士頓郊劍橋城）。后來我和自己競爭，每年設立一個更高的目標，一步一步地推到極限。所以我離開了“奧普拉秀”，以我的名字命名推出了我自己的電視網絡“奧普拉不僅僅是失敗，他們稱之為一個大寫的失敗。就在那個時候，faust校長打電話邀請我到哈佛做畢業(yè)演講。那個澡我洗了很長時間，在洗澡的時候我突然想到某首古老贊美詩中的一句話，你可能沒聽過“終于，清晨來臨...”，之后我就想，我的黎明也許要來了。這一切都是因為我想在來哈佛之前把事情做好，所以非常感謝你們！你們不知道你們給了我多大的動力，謝謝！我甚至能更驕傲地來和各位分享一個基本的真理。這就是我想分享的?！痹谶^去的一年里，這些話支撐著我自己。我作為一個雇傭過很多人的人，可以說當我聽到哈佛的畢業(yè)生，我都會坐直一點，然后說“他/她在哪，帶來見我”。人生唯一目標就是做真實的自己，失敗只是一個新的開始。s 362nd mencement on may 30, my goodness!i39。t even begin to quantify the depth of gratitude that really acpanies an honorary doctorate from too many little girls from rural mississippi have made it all the way here to i can tell you that i consider today as i sat on the stage this morning getting teary for you all and then teary for myself, i consider today a defining milestone in a very long and a blessed one hope today is that i can be a source of some 39。t going to win under the swimsuit during the question and answer period the question came “why, young lady, what would you like to be when you grow up?” and by the time they got to me all the good answers were i had seen barbara walters on the today show that morning so i answered “i would like to be a would like to tell other people39。t last always” from that hymn, “this too shall pass.” and i thought as i got out of the shower i am going to turn this thing around and i will be better for when i do, i39。t know what motivation you were for me, thank 39。re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the myth of icarus predicts that you will at some point when you do i want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as is just life trying to move us in another when you39。s the key, learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you then figure out what is the next right the key to life is to develop an internal moral emotional that can tell you which way to now and forever more when you google yourself your search results will read “harvard, XX”.and in a very petitive world that really is a calling card because i can tell you as one who employs a lot of people when i see “harvard” i sit up a little straighter and say “where is he or she? bring them in.” it39。s a resume that doesn39。t going to just be on tv every day but that the goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy all of it, whatever ventures i might pursue would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and pelling than anything that separates what had bee clear to me and i want you to know it isn39。to use television to illuminate the transcendent power of our better this angel network, it didn39。m going to do that without fighting them.” and then her husband david added this, “you simply cannot demonize or vilify someone who doesn39。 you care about these issues and maybe there are other challenges that you, class of XX, are passionate you want to make a difference by serving in you want to launch your own television maybe you simply want to collect some parents would appreciate that about point is your generation is charged with this task of breaking through what the body politic has thus far made impervious to of you has been blessed with this enormous opportunity of attending this prestigious now have a chance to better your life, the lives of your neighbors and also the life of our you do that let me tell you what i know for 39。d be too dejected to repeat that same kind of turnout in XX election and you proved them wrong by showing up in even greater 39。ve heard it from victims and perpetrators of even heard it from beyonce and all of her finishes performing, hands me the microphone and says ”was that okay?“ friends and family, yours, enemies, strangers in every argument in every encounter, every exchange i will tell you they all want to know one thing: was that okay? did you hear me? do you see me? did what i say mean anything to you? and even though this is a college where facebook was born my hope is that you would try to go out and have more facetoface conversations with people you may disagree you39。t stop laughing and my real personality came through and i figured out oh gee, i can be a much better oprah than i could be a pretend know that you all might have a little anxiety now and hesitation about leaving the fort of college and putting those harvard credentials to the no matter what challenges or setbacks or disappointments you may encounter along the way you will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around howard thurman said it said ”don39。ll be just don39。re losing something they will never get back and that39。t cause us to lose our ability to stand in somebody else39。t want to be we want, the mon denominator that i found in every single interview, is we want to be want to be have done over 35,000 interviews in my career and as soon as that camera shuts off everyone always turns to me and inevitably in their own way asks this question ”was that okay?“ i heard it from president bush, i heard it from president 39。re the generation th