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.
BARBARA WALTERSA man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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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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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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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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First 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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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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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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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.’
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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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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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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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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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