Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.
From Caroline Kennedy
After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.
The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.
To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.
We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.
One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.
I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.
I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
I have a lifelong devotion to public service.
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