Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
BARBARA WALTERSThe word ‘charismatic’ was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, ‘Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press…does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.’
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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The news media in general are liberals.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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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 good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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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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