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1929–2022 United States
Barbara Jill Walters (25 September 1929 – 30 December 2022) was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as the host of numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News.
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I can have respect and admiration for famous people, but I have never had a sense of fear or awe.
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
What kind of tree are you, if you think you're a tree now?
Interview with Katharine Hepburn (1981)
We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970)
Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything (1970)
Now here I was, half Jane Wyman, half Shirley Temple, and people began to stop me in the street and say, 'Don't worry, Barbara, it's all right, you won't lose your job.' It was really very touching.
She made me laugh. I will miss her. Baba Wawa.
A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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