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.
BARBARA WALTERSPeople 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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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.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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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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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them you will, and your life can have a purpose.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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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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politics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.
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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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[On being indecisive and changeable:] On my gravestone I want inscribed: ‘On the other hand, maybe I should have lived.
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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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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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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 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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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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.
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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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