I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer and Madame C.J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
-- Oprah Winfrey, (Jan 29 1954-____), US talk show host, actress; She is a well known talk show host who also Sophia in The Color Purple, 1985.