My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
ROSE KENNEDYI 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.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
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Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.
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When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it’s a tremendous responsibility.
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It’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please.
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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
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I will never forgive Joe for that awful operation he had performed on Rosemary. It is the only thing I have ever felt bitter toward him about.
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Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
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I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
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I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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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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More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
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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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Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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I am just an old-fashioned girl.
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