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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.

Barbara Walters

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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Hands Pieces Show Yourself
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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Obscure People Thinking
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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Compassion Race Self
Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
BARBARA WALTERS

Blunt Brainstorming Women
Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.
BARBARA WALTERS

Children Help Small Training
Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
BARBARA WALTERS

Breathe Deep Party Shallow
I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn’t.
BARBARA WALTERS

Depend Myself People Rumor Taste
Although I myself don’t go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it’s superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.
BARBARA WALTERS

Myself Prayer Religious Superstition Time
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.
BARBARA WALTERS

Famous Greatness Myself Party People Rare Recover Technique
No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
BARBARA WALTERS

Himself Poet Scripture Thinking
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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Children Guard Moments Reveal Self Sleep True
Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
BARBARA WALTERS

Children Family Inspirational
Don’t worry about finding your bliss right now. Not even our President knew what his bliss was, nor did I. One of these days to your own surprise, your bliss will find you. But no matter what you do, participate, be there, full force, full heart, full steam ahead.
BARBARA WALTERS

Heart President Worry
When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
BARBARA WALTERS

Blame Children Trouble Yourself
Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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Children God Punishment Sex Way
The origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
BARBARA WALTERS

Modern Party Share

To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.

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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.

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