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.’
BARBARA WALTERSFirst 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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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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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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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 good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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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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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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When you’re interviewing someone, you’re in control. When you’re being interviewed, you think you’re in control, but you’re not.
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The origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.
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All of the religions – with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn’t believe in a heaven – teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common.
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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.
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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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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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