The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSMost attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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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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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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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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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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When you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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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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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