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.
BARBARA WALTERSThe news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.
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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I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn’t pronounce my R’s. I wasn’t a beauty.
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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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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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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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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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politics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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But for Muslims, everything that they don’t have on earth is what they get in heaven. They can drink, they can have sex. All of the forbidden pleasures on earth, you can have in paradise.
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