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.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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The news media in general are liberals.
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All of the religions – with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn’t believe in a heaven – teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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 origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
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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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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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