Barbara Walters Quotes
The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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I'm a character actor.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and they don't know what to do. And it's something that you have to work through. And, you know, for me, it was - I came out, and then I went back in for a minute. And then I came out, and I was like, 'You know what? This is who I am.'
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.
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Sarcasm is lost in print.
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I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.
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I have a whole section of a filing cabinet in my office full of ideas. Some are ideas for books or articles I want to write. One is a romantic comedy; one's about my dad's life. I've also got ideas for books on moral relativism as well as democracy and human nature. There's also a really cool concept for a spy novel.
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Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for... are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book.
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I used to play ultimate Frisbee, and I just got a reputation for making popcorn at parties. I don't mean to brag on myself, but I make the popcorn in the pot, and it comes out fine every time.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
