Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
BARBARA WALTERSMost of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn’t is someone whom I admire but have never met.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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It’s a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.
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A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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Work 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.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I’ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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 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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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them you will, and your life can have a purpose.
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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