American - Celebrity | November 27, 1957 -
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
Caroline Kennedy
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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 have a lifelong devotion to public service.
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Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.
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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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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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I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
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I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.
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Change isn't easy, it takes time.
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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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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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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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