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.
ROSE KENNEDYMy father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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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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My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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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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More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
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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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I’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.
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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 do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
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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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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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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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I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
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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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My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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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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