Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
BARBARA WALTERSFor Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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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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Don’t worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.
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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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The word ‘charismatic’ was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, ‘Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press…does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.’
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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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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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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politics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.
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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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New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
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