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 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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I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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As motherhood is the greatest and most natural God-given gift for women for posterity, it would seem that the birth and rearing of children, in the way which to us seems most ideal, would be the most satisfying and the most rewarding career for a woman.
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Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father’s time, a politician’s home was still his castle.
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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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Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
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No one will ever feel sorry for me.
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It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
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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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It’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please.
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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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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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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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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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Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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I am just an old-fashioned girl.
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I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
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My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.
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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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I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often – but I’m well preserved.
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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 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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