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.
BARBARA WALTERSFor a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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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 Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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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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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
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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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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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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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