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A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right she can work, she can stay at home she can be aggressive she can be passive she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

Barbara Walters

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