But for Muslims, everything that they don’t have on earth is what they get in heaven. They can drink, they can have sex. All of the forbidden pleasures on earth, you can have in paradise.
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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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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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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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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when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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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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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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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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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Homogeneity is much to be admired – in milk, for instance – but not for parties.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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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 didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.
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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.
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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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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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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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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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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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