[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be — I shouldn’t say this at Christmastime — but the next messiah.
BARBARA WALTERSShow me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna – or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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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The news media in general are liberals.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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