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.
BARBARA WALTERSA 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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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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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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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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And 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.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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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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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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