All of the religions – with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn’t believe in a heaven – teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
BARBARA WALTERSBecause there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
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Don’t worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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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.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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The news media in general are liberals.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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.
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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.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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The origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
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Work harder than everybody. You’re not going to get it by whining, and you’re not going to get it by shouting, and you’re not going to get it by quitting. You’re going to get it by being there.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them you will, and your life can have a purpose.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don’t fight the little fight… Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don’t whine, and don’t be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.
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