No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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The word ‘charismatic’ was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, ‘Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press…does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.’
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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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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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.
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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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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.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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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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I first interviewed Fidel Castro 39 years ago. He was charming and fiercely guarded about his private life. He called our interviews ‘fiery debates.’ During our times together, he made clear to me that he was an absolute dictator and that he was a staunch opponent of democracy.
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