Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
BARBARA WALTERSIt’s a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.
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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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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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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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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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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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