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"To the most wonderful person in the world, Oprah Winfrey, our friend. And it's not just because you went out of your way to make sure that 50,000 underprivileged children in South Africa had their first Christmas gift or that you want to put schools throughout that country, but also because you inject the spirit into our society of life. You care," John Travolta said in a speech for Winfrey's 50th birthday. "Your intelligence, your inspiration, and you do it all without judging, and because you treat everyone equally important, and this makes you a great American hero."
"You represent the best of our country and what's possible in our country, but, more importantly, you are a citizen of the world, and you are a hero to mankind. So we are better for knowing you, Oprah. We are," he continued. "And to boot, you are beautiful, you are sexy. You're talented, and we love you so much, we can't take it."