For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
BARBARA WALTERSThe origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
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The news media in general are liberals.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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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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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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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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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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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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