Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
BARBARA WALTERSLarge 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.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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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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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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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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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.
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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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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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I first interviewed Fidel Castro 39 years ago. He was charming and fiercely guarded about his private life. He called our interviews ‘fiery debates.’ During our times together, he made clear to me that he was an absolute dictator and that he was a staunch opponent of democracy.
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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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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
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