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The biography series shares hard-won insight from extraordinary achievers whose paths have inspired Oprah—and countless others.
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Condoleezza Rice, Former United States Secretary of State, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
"My students ask me, 'How do I get to be who you are?' They mean, 'How do I get to be secretary of state?' And I say, 'Well, you start out as a failed piano major and you go from there.' You can't plan every step in life."
Read Oprah's interview with Condoleezza Rice
From the
January 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
