Oprah Winfrey Goes Back to School

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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey returned to college on Sunday to speak to the graduates of Duke University and receive an honorary degree.

"How can I help somebody else move to higher ground? That is success. That's it. That's why we're all alive," Oprah said as she stood before 4,400 Duke Graduates and their guests, the Associated Press reports.

"Each of us has to stand in our own shoes. Will you stand in them in humility and compassion and courage? Every day will give you a chance to make that choice," she continued.

Oprah was presented with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree, AP reports. Her godson, William Bumpus, child to her friend Gayle King, was also among the graduates.

"Will never wants people to know he knows me," Oprah joked. "I'm like his crazy aunt that they let out at commencements."

Published 5/10/09 by the Insider

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