#kennedy

It was as simple as this: The Kennedys had a feeling of being heightened and it rubbed off on the people who came in contact with them. They were a unit. ↗

— Charles Spalding

#came #contact #feeling #had #heightened

It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts from the puerile to the senile. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#fairies #hero-worship #john-f-kennedy #kennedy-family #politics

To err is human. To errah is Kennedy. ↗

— James DeAcutis

#crooks #drunk #kennedy-family #family

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#making-a-difference-in-the-world #robert-f-kennedy #inspirational

Do not pray for easy lives. Prey to be stronger men. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#john-wilkes-booth #president #shot #men

She stopped at a red light and turned to face him. “Look. You must know your eyes are truly distracting, and you keep LOOKING at me. I’ve also never talked to anyone who sounds like a movie trailer announcer before. Your voice is so cool. I’m sure you know that. It’s probably part of your famousness. But here in this car it’s unsettling, because I have this sensation you might suddenly begin sentences with some dramatic start.” She lowered her voice. “like...IN A WORLD, FAR, FAR AWAY... ↗

— Anne Eliot

#unmaking-hunter-kennedy #movies

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#devastated #drawn #feminine #gone #had

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#disgusted #former #i #kennedys #me

What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#dead #doing #kennedys #marketing #spirit

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#back #believed #bobby #bobby kennedy #campaigning