Caroline Kennedy Quotes
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I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
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I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.
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Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.
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I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
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We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.
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Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value.
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I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.
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I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
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I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.
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I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
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As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.
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People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
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I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
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Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.
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I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.
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I may, and I think I represent a tradition that means a lot to me, which has really always been about fighting for others, for middle-class families, for working class - for working people, you know, and that's a tradition and a commitment that I take very seriously.
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The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do.
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There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.
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The most beautiful people are all in the library.
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I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.
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When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.
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Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.
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I've been a Democrat all my life.
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One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
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Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.
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Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
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Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
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I have a lifelong devotion to public service.
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I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
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In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.
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