A conversation isn’t a competition.
BARBARA WALTERSWhen you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
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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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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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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.
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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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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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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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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