Barbara Walters Quotes
No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
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Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I think people have a misinterpretation of Method acting, because Method acting is a wonderful thing. The thing is, if you take it too seriously, it's like religion. You start to think it's the truth. But it's not the truth. It's just a way to get somewhere.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
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I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.
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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
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People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.
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The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.
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I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.
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I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.
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Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
