when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSWait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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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 Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code – even though it was a great yawn – also showed people’s interest in religion.
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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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[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: ‘On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.
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I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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