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Attorneys in the United States

Elizabeth Edwards was an American attorney and political activist, recognized for her advocacy in health care reform and women's rights. She was the wife of former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards and used her platform to advocate for various social issues.

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Famous Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

“If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died-you're not reminding them. They didn't forget they died. What you're reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Children Might Remember Death Lost Forget Sad Losing Died Lawyer Remembered Grieving Reminding Great Gifts Losing A Loved One Life Is A Gift Losing A Child

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“I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm...and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.”

Knows Way Children Able Wind Blow Storm My Children Grandmother Sail

Book:Resilience: The New Afterword

Source: Resilience: The New Afterword

“I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.”

Giving Children Said Important Sometimes Able Important Things Wings Your Children Nests

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“My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.”

Children Jobs Mother Opportunity Daughter Available My Children

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“I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.”

Children Spending Spending Time Children Love

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“By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.”

Children Difficult Teach Information Your Children

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“If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.”

People Ifs Thinking Children Baby Research Cells Throwing Stem Stem Cell Stem Cell Research Dissecting

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“To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.”

Thinking Children Life Is Losing Odd Frank Losing A Child

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“I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have to rely if my disease takes a bad turn.”

Ifs Want Children Turns Three Father Disease Rely

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“Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.”

Children Parent Gone Periods

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“Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is.”

Want Children Stories Mother My Children

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“People find it a great blessing if their child left behind a child.”

People Ifs Children Left Behinds Blessing Left Behind

Author:Elizabeth Edwards

About the Author

Born: July 3, 1949
Died: December 7, 2010
Known for: Attorneys in the United States
Quotes: 110

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