For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
BARBARA WALTERSBeing a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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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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The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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I 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.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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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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It’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.
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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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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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It’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.
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If it’s a woman it’s caustic, if it’s a man it’s authority, If it’s a woman it’s too pushy, if it’s a man it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word.
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The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn’t perfect at any age – drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter – but it is almost non-existent in old people.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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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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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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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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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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