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.
ROSE KENNEDYIt is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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I am just an old-fashioned girl.
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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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I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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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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My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life.
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In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence.
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More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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