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Jackie Kennedy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
First Lady
Journalist
Literary Editor
Model
Politician
Socialite
Writer
Town of Southampton
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jackie Onassis
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Jacqueline Bouvier
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Onassis
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis
Jackie O.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
Bitter
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I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.
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One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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[To Oleg Cassini:] Just make sure no one has exactly the same dress I do ... I want all of mine to be original & no fat little woman hopping around in the same dress.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldn’t God understand that I just want to be with him?
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually, something in them dies.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.
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If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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Love of books is the best of all.
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Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense of adventure.
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Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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[On John F. Kennedy:] ... now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.
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There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
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