Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who is currently the United States Ambassador to Japan. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. She is a niece of Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy and older sister to the late John F. Kennedy Jr...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 November 1957
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I think he did expand the number of people who were paying attention, and to pay attention in a different way.
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.
I have come to believe, more strongly than ever, that after people die they really do live on through those who love them.
I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
The most beautiful people are all in the library.
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest. Representative Murtha broke ranks with our nation's political and military leadership to call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq.