There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
ROSE KENNEDYMake sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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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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I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.
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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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In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence.
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There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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No one will ever feel sorry for me.
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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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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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Money doesn’t give you any license to relax. It gives you an opportunity to use all your abilities, free of financial worries, to go forward, and to use your superior advantages and talents to help others.
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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’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.
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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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It’s our money, and we’re free to spend it any way we please.
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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 am just an old-fashioned girl.
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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 do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
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It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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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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Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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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 looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.
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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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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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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 don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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