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.
BARBARA WALTERSIf it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I’ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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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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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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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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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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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.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn’t pronounce my R’s. I wasn’t a beauty.
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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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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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