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My brother died at age 42 of a heart problem. My mother had had a stroke. I took a look at what was going on, and I didn't want to end up like that -- or have my kids end up like that.


Maureen Kennedy

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MAUREEN JOHNSON Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinki...
MAUREEN CORRIGAN Making movies is just like betting on horses at the racetrack.
MAUREEN O'HARA I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes....
MAUREEN JOHNSON The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they ...
MAUREEN DOWD For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.
MAUREEN DOWD I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
MAUREEN O'HARA Even if our survival skills have become impediments we would like to let go of because they have cea...
MAUREEN BRADY Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinne...
MAUREEN DOWD Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.
MAUREEN O'HARA It's nice to see so many dresses in the house. Usually it's dirty jeans and cleats.
MAUREEN CROSS By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on th...
MAUREEN FORRESTER Sorely in need of a tight editorial leash, (Miller) was kept on no leash at all, and that has hurt t...
MAUREEN DOWD I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.
MAUREEN O'HARA For change to occur in us, we must be willing to enter the wilderness of the unknown and to wander i...
MAUREEN BRADY When shame is met with compassion and not received as confirmation of our guilt, we can begin to se...
MAUREEN BRADY I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.
MAUREEN BRADY I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender.
MAUREEN BRADY I choose what sort of relationship I want to have with my family of origin today.
MAUREEN BRADY I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself.
MAUREEN BRADY I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself.
MAUREEN BRADY I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey.
MAUREEN BRADY I choose to let positive attitudes lighten my being today.
MAUREEN BRADY Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and disc...
MAUREEN BRADY Many large corporations are actually modeled on hell,' Brother Frank added. 'The policies and organi...
MAUREEN JOHNSON The bridge out of shame is outrage. Suddenly the obvious becomes stunningly clear—we have been car...
MAUREEN BRADY Sometimes we self-sabotage just when things seem to be going smoothly. Perhaps this is a way to expr...
MAUREEN BRADY When we first begin to take power more directly, after long having kept our relationship to it under...
MAUREEN BRADY I sometimes continue to see myself in split ways; it causes me trouble and contributes to a lack of ...
MAUREEN BRADY We have three individuals with an interest in the seat and it does not include Mr Douglas.
MAUREEN WEBBER Only about one per cent of the appeals was not resolved in the way we would have wanted. But under n...
MAUREEN WEBBER At this time, as we speak, he has not sought membership of the People's National Party.
MAUREEN WEBBER We live through (floods) a lot. We're not that concerned this time because this year we have power a...
MAUREEN WEINSTEIN That's why I've pushed the idea for adult children and friends to try to help.
MAUREEN WIDNER