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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?

Rose Kennedy

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
ROSE KENNEDY

Hate Time Yourself
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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Argument Morning Night Yourself
I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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Goodness Myself Thinking
I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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Believe Carry God Himself Myself Sadness Storm
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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Marriage Thinking Understand Woman
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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Faith Human Important Life Myself Philosophy
It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
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Determination Pain Tears
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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Husband Life Myself Quite Success Travel
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
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Book Greatness Mom Myself Reputation
I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.
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Myself People World
I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often – but I’m well preserved.
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Myself Old Wine Worth
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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Joy Life Myself Philosophy Priviledge
I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.
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Carry Challenge Death Life Live Myself Tragedy
Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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Inspirational Sing Storm
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
ROSE KENNEDY

Deep Life Moments
In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
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Destiny Happiness Life Myself Reading Rule
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
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Father Greatness Innovation Life Myself
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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Healing Mindset Pain Sanity Science Time Wound
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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Break Children Myself Risk Spirit
In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
ROSE KENNEDY

Destiny Happiness Life Myself Reading Rule
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.
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Beauty Children Friendship Gift God Inspirational Intelligence Life Myself Philosophy Respect Spirit
My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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Beautiful Father Grace Myself
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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Expression Mindset People Reflection
My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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Business Himself Job Myself Simplicity
It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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Children Parents Wrong
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
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Challenge Children Greatness Hope Mom
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.
ROSE KENNEDY

Responsibility Thinking Time Yourself

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