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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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Barbara Walters
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 25
Journalist
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Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Jill Walters
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