美國脫口秀名星奧普拉·溫芙瑞絕對是美國娛樂界的重量級名人。同時奧普拉還是最慷慨的慈善家中第一個黑人婦女，她主動在美國國內(nèi)國外捐了一億七千五百萬美元用于教育事業(yè)，在她的天使網(wǎng)絡(luò)工程中，所有的捐款都用于了公益事業(yè)，成立了奧普拉·溫芙瑞基金會。下面是她獲得鮑勃·霍普人道主義獎的得獎感言。
There really is nothing more important to me than striving to be a good human being. So, to be here tonight and be acknowledged as the first to receive this honor is beyond expression in words for me.
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We all are just regular people seeking the same thing — we all just want to know that we matter. We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety and we want to live a long life. We want to find somebody to love. We want to find somebody to laugh with and have the power and the place to cry with when necessary.
The greatest pain in life is to be invisible. What I’ve learned is that we all just want to be heard. And I thank all the people who continue to let me hear your stories, and by sharing your stories, you let other people see themselves and for a moment, glimpse the power to change and the power to triumph.
Maya Angelou said, “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” I want you to know that this award to me means that I will continue to strive to give back to the world what it has given to me, so that I might even be more worthy of tonight’s honor.
對我來說，真的沒有什么比爭取做一個好人更重要了。所以，今晚有幸被選為第一個獲得這項殊榮的人，我實在無法用言語來表達自己的感受。
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我們都是普普通通的人，追求共同的東西——我們想要知道我們的存在是重要的。我們需要被認同。我們需要的都是些同樣的東西：我們想要安全感，想要長壽。我們想要找到愛的人。我們想要找人一起歡笑，在有需要的時候有勇氣找個地方放聲大哭。
生命中最痛苦的事莫過于別人對你視而不見。我想我們都希望別人能夠聽到自己的聲音。我感謝那些一直讓我傾聽你們故事的人，通過與人分享你們的故事，你們讓別人看見他們真實的自己，并在那個時候，瞥見改變和取勝的動力。
馬雅·安琪羅說過：“當你學會了，就要去教人；當你獲得了，就要去給予?！蔽蚁Ｍ銈冎?，獲得這個獎項對我來說意味著我會繼續(xù)努力，用我從社會中獲得的一切來回饋社會，這樣我才能不愧今晚的榮譽。
There really is nothing more important to me than striving to be a good human being. So, to be here tonight and be acknowledged as the first to receive this honor is beyond expression in words for me.
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We all are just regular people seeking the same thing — we all just want to know that we matter. We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety and we want to live a long life. We want to find somebody to love. We want to find somebody to laugh with and have the power and the place to cry with when necessary.
The greatest pain in life is to be invisible. What I’ve learned is that we all just want to be heard. And I thank all the people who continue to let me hear your stories, and by sharing your stories, you let other people see themselves and for a moment, glimpse the power to change and the power to triumph.
Maya Angelou said, “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” I want you to know that this award to me means that I will continue to strive to give back to the world what it has given to me, so that I might even be more worthy of tonight’s honor.
對我來說，真的沒有什么比爭取做一個好人更重要了。所以，今晚有幸被選為第一個獲得這項殊榮的人，我實在無法用言語來表達自己的感受。
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我們都是普普通通的人，追求共同的東西——我們想要知道我們的存在是重要的。我們需要被認同。我們需要的都是些同樣的東西：我們想要安全感，想要長壽。我們想要找到愛的人。我們想要找人一起歡笑，在有需要的時候有勇氣找個地方放聲大哭。
生命中最痛苦的事莫過于別人對你視而不見。我想我們都希望別人能夠聽到自己的聲音。我感謝那些一直讓我傾聽你們故事的人，通過與人分享你們的故事，你們讓別人看見他們真實的自己，并在那個時候，瞥見改變和取勝的動力。
馬雅·安琪羅說過：“當你學會了，就要去教人；當你獲得了，就要去給予?！蔽蚁Ｍ銈冎?，獲得這個獎項對我來說意味著我會繼續(xù)努力，用我從社會中獲得的一切來回饋社會，這樣我才能不愧今晚的榮譽。