A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
BARBARA WALTERSIt 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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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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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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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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[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: ‘On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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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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