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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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Jackie Kennedy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
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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 want things to be right, you have to do them yourself
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Love of books is the best of all.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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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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You have only one chance to raise your child.
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You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness!
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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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A newspaper reported I spend $30,000 a year buying Paris clothes and that women hate me for it. I couldn't spend that much unless I wore sable underwear.
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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
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Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
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Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.
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One should always dress like a marble column.
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I will tell you one thing. They will never drag me out like a little old widow like they did Mrs. Wilson when President Wilson died. I will never be used that way.
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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'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life.
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I want to live my life, not record it.
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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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Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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