20 Quotes & Sayings By Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters was born on July 9, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Earl and Trudy Walters. Her father was a newspaperman and her mother was a homemaker. She has two brothers: Robert and Richard Read more

Her grandfather, William Walters, was a pastor and her great-grandfather was a slave owner and cotton planter in Georgia. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia until she graduated from high school at which time she moved to New York City to attend Hunter College studying English literature. Upon completion of her studies there she returned home to Atlanta and began working as a reporter for the "Atlanta Journal".

It was during this period that she met her future husband, William David Walters. Barbara and William married on December 23, 1946. They had two children: Scott and Susan.

In 1956 Barbara enrolled at the University of Georgia's School of Journalism where she earned her degree in journalism, graduating with honors in 1960. After graduation she worked as a journalist for several newspapers and magazines including "The Atlanta Constitution", "The National Observer" and "The American Lawyer." She also began writing her first book. Barbara received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) in 2001 as well as an honorary doctorate from Spelman College.

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A good laugh makes any interview or any conversation so much better. Barbara Walters
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To feel valued to know even if only once in a while that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling. Barbara Walters
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[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love you can get a puppy. Barbara Walters
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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. Barbara Walters
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Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met. Barbara Walters
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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. Barbara Walters
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt. Barbara Walters
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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. Barbara Walters
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Show me someone who never gossips and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. Barbara Walters
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A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life. Barbara Walters
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures. Barbara Walters
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there. Barbara Walters
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. Barbara Walters
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion. Barbara Walters
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. Barbara Walters
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties. Barbara Walters
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I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means. Barbara Walters
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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. Barbara Walters