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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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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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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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 certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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I'm tired of being considered property.
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Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect.
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Looking back, I do think one of the reasons 'Thirteen Reasons Why' has been so successful is not because it deals with serious issues but because I had a unique and interesting way to tell that story. I knew the issues were going to be dealt with in the book, but I felt my job was to write the story as entertainingly as possible.
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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.
