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Barbara Walters Quotes (1929-2022)
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About Barbara Walters
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. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until 2015.
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“I can have respect and admiration for famous people, but I have never had a sense of fear or awe.”
“We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Barbara Walters on Joan Rivers
“No one loved life, laughter and a good time more than Joan. We would have dinner and laugh and gossip and I always left the table smiling. She was a brassy, often outrageous and hilarious performer who made millions laugh. In private, she was the picture of elegance and class. I will miss her.”
Misattributed Quotes
Quotes mistakenly credited to Barbara Walters
“The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.”
“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.”
“A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.”
About Barbara Walters
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. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until 2015.