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.
BARBARA WALTERSCelebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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Don’t worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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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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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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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 conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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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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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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