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"I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either."
"We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them."
"A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding."
"The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship."
"Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words."
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all."
"I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane."
"You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness: Complete use of one's faculties along lines leading to excellence in a life affording them scope. It applies to women as well as to men. We can't all reach it, but we can try to reach it to some degree."
"Pearls are always appropriate."
"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."
"Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters."
"A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane."
"I am happiest when I am alone."
"I want minimum information given with maximum politeness."
"If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself"
"Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just watch television, which will be their only frame of reference."
"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?"
"He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights... it had to be some silly little Communist."
"If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually, something in them dies."