Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
BARBARA WALTERSMost attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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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Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
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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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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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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.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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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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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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