"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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"There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot."
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"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady."
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"I want to live my life, not record it."
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"Aristotle Onassis rescued me at a moment when my life was engulfed with shadows. He brought me into a world where one could find both happiness and love. We lived through many beautiful experiences together which cannot be forgotten, and for which I will be eternally grateful."
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"The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile."
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"You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness!"
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"We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them."
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"I am a woman above everything else."
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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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"What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose dancing seems to defy gravity and has been heralded by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. His public is perhaps unaware of the extent of his dedication to his craft. Restless, seldom satisfied, he is a perfectionist who is constantly challenging himself. To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist is a sensitive man, warm, funny, and full of insight."
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"You must continue. Poets are the ones who change the world."
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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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"If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life."
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"[On Hillary Rodham Clinton:] She always looks so adorable, and she's intrepid; she's the biggest bargain America ever got, bigger than that Louisiana Purchase from my French friends."
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"I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives."
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"History -- its what those bitter old men write."
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"One should always dress like a marble column."
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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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"The only routine with me is no routine at all."
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