I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn’t pronounce my R’s. I wasn’t a beauty.
BARBARA WALTERSDon’t let the bastards get you down.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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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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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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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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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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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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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn’t.
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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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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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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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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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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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The news media in general are liberals.
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