Barbara Walters Quotes
I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
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I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
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I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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I love improvising.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Kung Fu Panda.' I honestly think that Jack Black's voice work in 'Kung Fu Panda' is the best voice work that's ever been done. He's so funny, and it's such an endearing character. It really is great.
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Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty.
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Negotiating is really the art of the possible. I'm not sure you're going to get guys making a million dollars a year to walk a picket line.
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I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.
