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Barbara Walters

I 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.
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Democracy Together Years
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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Dinner Guests Nbc Party
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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Children Guard Moments Reveal Self Sleep True
When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Blame Children Trouble Yourself
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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Insecurity Smooth Success Way Yourself
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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Adventure Country Moving
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Breathe Deep Party Shallow
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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Cutting Hands Pieces
Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Blunt Confusion Stimulation
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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Party People Technique
I didn’t have a very religious family.
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Religious Religious Family
The word ‘charismatic’ was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, ‘Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press…does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.’
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Believe Men Political
I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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Different Education Heaven Life Meaning Religious Version
A conversation isn’t a competition.
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Competition Conversation Practice
Don’t worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.
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Heart President Worry
Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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Gossip Interest Myself People

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