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.
BARBARA WALTERSI 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
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The 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.’
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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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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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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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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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when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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