Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwardswas an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth3 July 1949
CityJacksonville, FL
CountryUnited States of America
grief burden
Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.
leave-me-alone trying respecting-others
You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.
medicine yesterday helping
I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.
family long trying
I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.
children children-love spending-time
I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.
gay gay-marriage comfortable
I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.
husband thinking firsts
I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs.
had-enough enough
We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.
stories sad-story
A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.
running people brave
Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.
children information difficult
By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.
matter follow-your-passion things-that-matter
Concentrate on the things that matter to you.
sick television honest
I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me.
navy grew grew-up
I grew up in a Navy family.