Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
BARBARA WALTERSJust do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
BARBARA WALTERSThe way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
BARBARA WALTERSAnd 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.
BARBARA WALTERSMost attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
BARBARA WALTERS[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be — I shouldn’t say this at Christmastime — but the next messiah.
BARBARA WALTERSDon’t let the bastards get you down.
BARBARA WALTERSFor a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
BARBARA WALTERSDeep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
BARBARA WALTERSA good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
BARBARA WALTERSThis 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.
BARBARA WALTERSI 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.
BARBARA WALTERSA Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
BARBARA WALTERSWhen you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
BARBARA WALTERSA man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
BARBARA WALTERSI didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
BARBARA WALTERSwhen your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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