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.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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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.
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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I’ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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When you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
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Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.
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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.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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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.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be — I shouldn’t say this at Christmastime — but the next messiah.
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The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn’t perfect at any age – drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter – but it is almost non-existent in old people.
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