Barbara Walters Quotes
I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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I'm one of those people that makes a better adult than I did a kid.
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Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.
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He kept telling me I was queer, and I didn't like it. The word, I mean. Shutting you away, somehow; roping you off with a lot of people you don't feel much in common with, half of whom hate the other half anyway, and just keep together so that they can lean up against each other for support.
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Looking back at my career, I wish I knew then what I know now... that gender bias is built into the system, and it's unconscious in many ways. I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more. I was always trying to be a 'good girl' and play by the rules.
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Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I've known them for 20 years almost. I've written songs with, produced songs with them a lot of times. I don't deviate form my comfort zone. I feel like when God brings people to you, it's good to keep 'em around.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
