i remember when i started the school and said to my beloved friend maya angelou, i am so proud.his will be my greatest legacy. mya said to me, you have no idea. [laughter] you have no idea what your legacy will be because your legacy is every life you have touched. that shifted the way i saw legacy. maya was explaining to me that everyone who decided they would go back to school, lose weight, no longer hit their children, get out of a bad marriage, all of those people who have seen and experienced your voice, and the same thing with everybody here, you have no idea what your legacy will be. your legacy is every life you have touched. we like to think of it -- i know you have done amazing things with your philanthropy. we like to think that these great philanthropic moments are the ones that leave the impact or make the huge difference in the world, but it is really what you do every day, how you use your life to be a light to someone else. it is how you use your work as an expression of your own art, whatever that is. i would say the girls as i get to watch them now graduate fro

i like having parties, so i had this big party and i had diana ross, sisley tyson, maya angelou, andonderful legendary women to thank them for paving the way for me, then i had a bunch of young women like mariah carey, janet jackson to help me thank them, and i have barack obama come to my house and speak in 2005, where i have all these people there, and i said to that group in 2005, this man is going to be president of the united states some day and i hope i am a life when it happens, and if i am, i will do whatever i can in my power. i will quit my job, canvas for him, and they said, what is his name again? that was in 2005, so i felt like this is something i can do. david: did some of your viewers criticize you? oprah: i was surprised by that because i never thought about it. it did not occur to me that people did not know that i've voted one way or the other. david: he was inaugurated in 2009, january 20, so upstairs in the white house, you are invited. oprah: how did you know? david: i know. african-americans are in the white house, the president is an african-american, and this

i like having parties, so i had this big party and i had diana ross, sisley tyson, maya angelou, andse wonderful legendary women to thank them for paving the way for me, then i had a bunch of young women like mariah carey, janet jackson to help me thank them, and i have barack obama come to my house and speak in 2005, where i have all these people there, and i said to that group in 2005, this man is going to be president of the united states some day and i hope i am a life when it happens, and if i am, i will do whatever i can in my power. i will quit my job, canvas for him, and they said, what is his name again? that was in 2005, so i felt like this is something i can do. david: did some of your viewers criticize you? oprah: i was surprised by that because i never thought about it. it did not occur to me that people did not know that i've voted one way or the other. david: he was inaugurated in 2009, january 20, so upstairs in the white house, you are invited. oprah: how did you know? david: i know. african-americans are in the white house, the president is an african-american, and

to meet her parents -- you sit there and laugh because it's funny, but it's rooted -- my friend maya angeloud say, it's as real as rain. and you relate to it. >> you know, things -- if something rings true, it just does. >> yeah. >> and yeah, did's -- it's really -- it's really worked. i think part of the reason "guess who's coming to dinner" was some of the jumping off point to this movie, about the premise, down to the -- sid no poitier asks his girlfriend, do they know, the first thing in the movie? she says, no, why. i took that. and part of the reason is because there's something universal about the -- everybody can relate to the fear of going to meet your potential in-laws for the first time. there's an extra added dynamic to that when you have the interracial couple or someone of different faiths. the reason that "guess who's coming to dinner" worked was we were all on the same page instantly. we all relate to that fear. >> this could have been a comedy straight out. it could have been a horror straight out. you combined the two. why the nexus? >> you know, really i felt like tone was

jones favorable quotes from the maya angelou and it reads the potential in the challenge is so great in this country it makes me treble and weak ms. edda before i present her with a certificate i want to allow mr. truett to say things as well. >> thank you you president walton many years ago, i knew almost constantly when i met her he was in the presence evergreenness what is one the most important things for the students and the families everyday for one we must teach them well and building in them to make sure they know their personal strength and they will be successful we must care been the children and always make sure they know how much they mean to us and love them it is about relationships when you see edda with students and parents the kindness and optimistic and thereof they demonstrates with grace and beauty is profound and will move i know i've been move forward just a few minutes in their presence my heart feels bigger and beats louder i feel the love and thankful for the warmth ms. edda not words i'm going to do this bald right now okay ms. edda not words to express for

jones favorable quotes from the maya angelou and it reads the potential in the challenge is so great in this country it makes me treble and weak ms. edda before i present her with a certificate i want to allow mr. truett to say things as well. >> thank you you president walton many years ago, i knew almost constantly when i met her he was in the presence evergreenness what is one the most important things for the students and the families everyday for one we must teach them well and building in them to make sure they know their personal strength and they will be successful we must care been the children and always make sure they know how much they mean to us and love them it is about relationships when you see edda with students and parents the kindness and optimistic and thereof they demonstrates with grace and beauty is profound and will move i know i've been move forward just a few minutes in their presence my heart feels bigger and beats louder i feel the love and thankful for the warmth ms. edda not words i'm going to do this bald right now okay ms. edda not words to express for

the goals par sons-in-law breaking and entering is our management team there are eyes and ears maya angelou the contract and 15 percent and a coming our environmental approval consolidate getting 13 percent so the request is in the forefront you to go ahead and amend the two contract aecom from 200 and $26,000 and for the pd contract for an additional plus those are the finally amendments. >> thank you any questions for staff i have one which say you spoke about moving quarters 8 but the aecom scope of work has an item about the reevaluation of quarters temple what is that will. >> yeah. the quarters 10 as you recall has been relocated it was part of original w b i ramp removed to the clipper cfo in order to meet the environmental litigation requirements we have to prepare reports that looks at the historical significance of quarters end that is currently in clipper cfo and report back. >> thank you any public comment on items 7 or 8 go ahead ms. saks. >> good morning, commissioners my name is jack saks a member of the cac i urge you to approve both of these items for the simple reason that

the goals par sons-in-law breaking and entering is our management team there are eyes and ears maya angelou the contract and 15 percent and a coming our environmental approval consolidate getting 13 percent so the request is in the forefront you to go ahead and amend the two contract aecom from 200 and $26,000 and for the pd contract for an additional plus those are the finally amendments. >> thank you any questions for staff i have one which say you spoke about moving quarters 8 but the aecom scope of work has an item about the reevaluation of quarters temple what is that will. >> yeah. the quarters 10 as you recall has been relocated it was part of original w b i ramp removed to the clipper cfo in order to meet the environmental litigation requirements we have to prepare reports that looks at the historical significance of quarters end that is currently in clipper cfo and report back. >> thank you any public comment on items 7 or 8 go ahead ms. saks. >> good morning, commissioners my name is jack saks a member of the cac i urge you to approve both of these items for the simple reason that

the goals par sons-in-law breaking and entering is our management team there are eyes and ears maya angelou the contract and 15 percent and a coming our environmental approval consolidate getting 13 percent so the request is in the forefront you to go ahead and amend the two contract aecom from 200 and $26,000 and for the pd contract for an additional plus those are the finally amendments. >> thank you any questions for staff i have one which say you spoke about moving quarters 8 but the aecom scope of work has an item about the reevaluation of quarters temple what is that will. >> yeah. the quarters 10 as you recall has been relocated it was part of original w b i ramp removed to the clipper cfo in order to meet the environmental litigation requirements we have to prepare reports that looks at the historical significance of quarters end that is currently in clipper cfo and report back. >> thank you any public comment on items 7 or 8 go ahead ms. saks. >> good morning, commissioners my name is jack saks a member of the cac i urge you to approve both of these items for the simple reason that

the goals par sons-in-law breaking and entering is our management team there are eyes and ears maya angelou the contract and 15 percent and a coming our environmental approval consolidate getting 13 percent so the request is in the forefront you to go ahead and amend the two contract aecom from 200 and $26,000 and for the pd contract for an additional plus those are the finally amendments. >> thank you any questions for staff i have one which say you spoke about moving quarters 8 but the aecom scope of work has an item about the reevaluation of quarters temple what is that will. >> yeah. the quarters 10 as you recall has been relocated it was part of original w b i ramp removed to the clipper cfo in order to meet the environmental litigation requirements we have to prepare reports that looks at the historical significance of quarters end that is currently in clipper cfo and report back. >> thank you any public comment on items 7 or 8 go ahead ms. saks. >> good morning, commissioners my name is jack saks a member of the cac i urge you to approve both of these items for the simple reason that