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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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Caroline Kennedy
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 27
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
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To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
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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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After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.
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Change isn't easy, it takes time.
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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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Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up.
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The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
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I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.
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I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
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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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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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I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
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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 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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In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.
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It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.
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Now is the time to move this country forward.
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The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.
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