Caroline Kennedy Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.”
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“I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.”
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“As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.”
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“Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.”
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“Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals, and to imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.”
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“In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.”
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“One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.”
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“People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.”
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“I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.”
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“It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.”
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“Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.”
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“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.”
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“I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.”
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“Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.”
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“The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.”
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“I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.”
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“I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.”
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“I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.”
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“In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.”
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“I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.”
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“There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.”
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“I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.”
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“Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.”
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“I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.”
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“To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.”
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“In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.”
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“I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.”
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“When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.”
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“John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.”
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