A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
BARBARA WALTERSEvery 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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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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Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them you will, and your life can have a purpose.
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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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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 origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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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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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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It’s a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.
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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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