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.
BARBARA WALTERSLarge 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.
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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Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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When 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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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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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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