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.’
BARBARA WALTERSThe way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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 think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don’t know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I’ve rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
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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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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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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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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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