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
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I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.
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I want to reclaim who I am.
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I think I did marry a marvelous man.
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I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.
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In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.
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If I had given up everything that my life was about ... I'd let cancer win before it needed to.
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Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.
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Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.
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I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.
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I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs.
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People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child.
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Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.
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What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.
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I am imperfect in a million ways, but I always thought I was the kind of woman, the kind of wife to whom a husband would be faithful.