Caroline Kennedy Quotes
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Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.
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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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Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
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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 grew up in New York, I love New York.
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There are many ways to serve.
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Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics.
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Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.
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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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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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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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It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.
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I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
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I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
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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've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
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I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
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I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.
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When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.
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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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I've been a Democrat all my life.
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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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Change isn't easy, it takes time.
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I may, and I think I represent a tradition that means a lot to me, which has really always been about fighting for others, for middle-class families, for working class - for working people, you know, and that's a tradition and a commitment that I take very seriously.