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B1 Intermediate English 13:26 Educational

Oprah Winfrey - Who am I ? (with subtitles)

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Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

5/10

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Subtitles (321 segments)

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the three things that i want to leave

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with you just these three i could do ten

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i could do a whole life class

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but just these three things

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will carry you

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if you let them

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first and foremost

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knowing who

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you

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are

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knowing who you are

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being able to answer this question

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who am i

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and what do i want

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you know

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many times when i go out of the country

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i'm baffled by that question

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to explain what is your occupation i've

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stood there for 10 minutes well am i

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talk show host well i'm more than a talk

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show host

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i'm a businesswoman i'm on a

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businesswoman am i entrepreneur i'm an

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entrepreneur so i just leave it blank or

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self-employed

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so i'm not asking for the roles that you

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play as daughters i'm not asking

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that question what are the roles that

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you play as a daughter as a friend as a

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sister you're going to be a lawyer

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you're going to teach

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you're going to be a pharmacist

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i'm asking the bigger question

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of who

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am i

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who am i really

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my answer is i am god's child

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i am

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i am that which is born of all that is

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i am as pierre de chardin said

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a spiritual being having a human

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experience

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come trailing the breath of the

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ancestors yet

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but trailing the breath of the angels

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and understanding that because

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i am connected to the source of all that

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is

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all that is possible is possible for me

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that's who i am

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and what do i want

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i don't want to just be

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successful in the world

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i don't want to just

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make a mark or have a legacy

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the answer to that question for me is i

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want to fulfill the highest

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truest expression

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of myself as a human being

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i want to fulfill the promise

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that the creator

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dreamed when he dreamed the cells that

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made up me

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number two

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you must find a way to serve

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