A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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Although I myself don’t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it’s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
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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 man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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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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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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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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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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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
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