When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSAlthough 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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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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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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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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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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This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don’t fight the little fight… Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don’t whine, and don’t be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.
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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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Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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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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