10 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes on Life

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis quotes on life

7. Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, [Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.

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16. 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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17. One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

18. The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.

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20. I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

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35. I am a woman above everything else.

36. I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

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39. I want to live my life, not record it.

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47. 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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51. She made a rare and noble contribution to the American spirit. But for us, most of all she was a magnificent wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She graced our history. And for those of us who knew and loved her, she graced our lives.