Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
BARBARA WALTERSSmall children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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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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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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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there.
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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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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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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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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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Work harder than everybody. You’re not going to get it by whining, and you’re not going to get it by shouting, and you’re not going to get it by quitting. You’re going to get it by being there.
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Although I myself don’t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it’s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
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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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