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 KENNEDYThere can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
More Rose Kennedy Quotes
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I’m one of the most fortunate people in the world.
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Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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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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It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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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 don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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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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What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
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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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Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
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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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It is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.
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It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
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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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Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
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