Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
BARBARA WALTERSI first interviewed Fidel Castro 39 years ago. He was charming and fiercely guarded about his private life. He called our interviews ‘fiery debates.’ During our times together, he made clear to me that he was an absolute dictator and that he was a staunch opponent of democracy.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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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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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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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 good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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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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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn’t.
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The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn’t perfect at any age – drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter – but it is almost non-existent in old people.
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