A Quote by Barbara Walters

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

Barbara Walters

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Being Blunt Confuse Stimulating

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Barbara Walters
American - Journalist
Born: September 25, 1929

People confuse being full of words with being terribly intelligent and informed.

Gyles Brandreth

In my experience, many people confuse being cowardly with being nice.

Robert Kiyosaki

Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

John Cleese

Protestants so often confuse being Republican with being Christian.

Tony Campolo

I just felt that I might to go to university and get some real life. It wasn't stimulating in the same way. I loved being at Bristol, but I missed the thrill of being on set.

Will Poulter

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

Larry Wall

We shouldn't confuse the pleasure of being articulate about wine, of being able to describe the distinctive features of a wine, with the non-verbal ability of remembering what they are like, or of appreciating them without being able to say why

Kent Bach

I loved everything that went with rock n' roll. I loved being at the heart of such creativity and being young in such a stimulating and exciting era.

Pattie Boyd

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

Paul Arden

Traveling and being in foreign cultures has always been really stimulating for me, partly because, when I'm living abroad, everything is new and like a puzzle to work out, by virtue of it being a foreign culture.

Joshua Marston

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

Smriti Irani

Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you.

Rupert Friend

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt.

Holland Roden

I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts.

Paolo Nutini

Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder.