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Oprah's Duke University 2009 Graduation Commencement Speech

Oprah's graduation commencement speech at Duke.
 
On May 10, 2009, Oprah delivered Duke University's graduation commencement speech.

"If you can find a way to give back ... you will be a huge success," Oprah says to the class of 2009. "Because for sure, one of the things I've learned is that the best way to enhance your own life is to contribute to somebody else's."

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Published 05/10/2009
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