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 WALTERSThe way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
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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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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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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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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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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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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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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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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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The news media in general are liberals.
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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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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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Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy
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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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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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