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In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.
Caroline Kennedy -
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
Caroline Kennedy
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Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
Caroline Kennedy -
I grew up in New York, I love New York.
Caroline Kennedy -
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.
Caroline Kennedy -
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.
Caroline Kennedy -
I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
Caroline Kennedy -
I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.
Caroline Kennedy
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There are many ways to serve.
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When you make the right decision, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.
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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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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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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.
Caroline Kennedy -
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.
Caroline Kennedy
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I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
Caroline Kennedy -
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
Caroline Kennedy -
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.
Caroline Kennedy -
I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
Caroline Kennedy -
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
Caroline Kennedy -
I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.
Caroline Kennedy
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Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
Caroline Kennedy -
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
Caroline Kennedy -
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.
Caroline Kennedy -
We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.
Caroline Kennedy