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title: "6 Castro Quotes By Barbara Walters"
description: "6 Castro quotes by Barbara Walters. Plus more from Barbara Walters and more Castro sayings from other authors."
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/for-castro-freedom-starts-with-education-and-if-literacy-alone-were/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/for-castro-freedom-starts-with-education-and-if-literacy-alone-were-2/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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> [The feeling is that Fidel Castro's much bigger than he actually is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/the-feeling-is-that-fidel-castro-s-much-bigger-than-he-actually-is/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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> [For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/for-a-man-who-likes-to-talk-fidel-castro-does-very-few-interviews/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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> [The word 'charismatic' was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/the-word-charismatic-was-made-for-fidel-castro-you-would-have-liked/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/i-first-interviewed-fidel-castro-39-years-ago-he-was-charming-and/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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## Other authors on Castro

## More by Barbara Walters

> [Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/wait-for-those-unguarded-moments-relax-the-mood-and-like-the-child/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/when-you-re-interviewing-someone-you-re-in-control-when-you-re-being/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [ \[On being indecisive and changeable:\] On my gravestone I want inscribed: 'On the other hand, maybe I should have lived. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/on-being-indecisive-and-changeable-on-my-gravestone-i-want-inscribed/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/i-was-the-kind-nobody-thought-could-make-it-i-had-a-funny-boston/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [ A man cannot be comfortable \[or cannot be made comfortable\] without his own approval. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/a-man-cannot-be-comfortable-or-cannot-be-made-comfortable-without-his/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/but-for-muslims-everything-that-they-don-t-have-on-earth-is-what-they/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/motherhood-is-tough-if-you-just-want-a-wonderful-little-creature-to/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/and-i-really-do-believe-that-the-most-important-thing-is-the-way-you/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/if-it-s-a-woman-it-s-caustic-if-it-s-a-man-it-s-authority-if-it-s-a/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [I was trying to do everything I possibly could,up until this morning, when I was betrayed, to protect her. We gave her time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/i-was-trying-to-do-everything-i-possibly-could-up-until-this-morning/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/just-do-your-job-get-in-early-stay-late-and-don-t-complain-fight-the/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/i-think-most-working-relationships-could-benefit-by-excluding/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/don-t-confuse-being-stimulating-with-being-blunt/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [Après ski is my favorite sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/apr-s-ski-is-my-favorite-sport/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

> [I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/i-have-affected-the-way-women-are-regarded-and-that-s-important-to-me/)

[Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/)

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