A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
BARBARA WALTERSCelebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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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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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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People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can’t get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You’re paying your membership dues in the human race.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code – even though it was a great yawn – also showed people’s interest in religion.
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I’ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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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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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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