Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
BARBARA WALTERSpolitics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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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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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
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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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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn’t.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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The news media in general are liberals.
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It’s a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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