Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
BARBARA WALTERSA 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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 don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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 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.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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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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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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If it’s a woman it’s caustic, if it’s a man it’s authority, If it’s a woman it’s too pushy, if it’s a man it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word.
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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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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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