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.
BARBARA WALTERSHomogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn’t is someone whom I admire but have never met.
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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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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 think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can’t get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You’re paying your membership dues in the human race.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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