Don’t let the bastards get you down.
BARBARA WALTERSWork 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.
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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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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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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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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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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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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politics … 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.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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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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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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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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Although I myself don’t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it’s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
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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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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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