Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
BARBARA WALTERSChildren are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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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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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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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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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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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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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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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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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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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there.
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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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