Caroline Kennedy Quotes
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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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.
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I talk to my parents a couple of times a week. I talk to my daughters every day.
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Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.
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I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn't smile. My lovely godfather said it was always lovely to see me because I was the only teenager who smiled. And I was so in awe of him, I thought it was one of the best things anyone had ever said to me. So it made me want to live up to what he said.
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I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.
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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.
