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.
BARBARA WALTERSNo one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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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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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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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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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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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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[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: ‘On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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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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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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