I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts – spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back – length of life.
ROSE KENNEDYSedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
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I have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars.
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It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
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No one will ever feel sorry for me.
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Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
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There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
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I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.
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I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
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Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity.
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To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.
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What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
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I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn’t understand either men or percentages.
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