Jackie Kennedy Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.”
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“I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.”
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“He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.”
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“The only routine with me is no routine at all.”
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“An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.”
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“We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.”
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“If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.”
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“Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.”
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“I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.”
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“I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.”
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“There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.”
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“I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?”
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“I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.”
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“You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.”
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“A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.”
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“You have only one chance to raise your child.”
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“If school days are the happiest days of your life, I'm hanging myself with my skip-rope tonight.”
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“I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.”
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“The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile.”
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“Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me.”
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“A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
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“[To Oleg Cassini:] Just make sure no one has exactly the same dress I do ... I want all of mine to be original & no fat little woman hopping around in the same dress.”
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“The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.”
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“To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight. Michael's book 'Moonwalk', provides a startling glimpse of the artist at work and the artist in reflection.”
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“What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose dancing seems to defy gravity and has been heralded by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. His public is perhaps unaware of the extent of his dedication to his craft. Restless, seldom satisfied, he is a perfectionist who is constantly challenging himself. To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight.”
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“We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.”
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