All of the religions – with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn’t believe in a heaven – teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
BARBARA WALTERSDeep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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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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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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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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The 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.
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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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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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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 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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