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Maria Shriver is an American journalist, producer, and author. She is the daughter of the late U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Robert Kennedy and the late actress Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Shriver has had a long and distinguished career in journalism, serving as a correspondent for NBC News and producing numerous documentaries. She is also known for her advocacy work on issues such as mental health and Alzheimer's disease.

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“I myself am still learning how to be me and that's OK. It can take a really long time to become the person you really want to be. Be who you are. It's the greatest gift we can give to ourselves, our community and our world.”

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“The most important thing we can tell young people is not to be an imitation of somebody else. That their life is special. They are the creator of their life and their way and find something that they enjoy doing that doesn't even feel like work. It feels like a passion. And then just by doing that and bringing that to the world, they become architects of change.”

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“People think, 'Oh my goodness! I have to do something really big.' You don't. Do what you love. There's a great quote from a poet I use all the time: 'Instead of asking what the world needs, ask yourself what you love,' because what the world needs is more people doing what they love.”

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“I was raised by a formidable woman. She always pushed me to be competitive in a man's world. That's maybe one of the attractions to journalism in the beginning. It was a male profession, and I was comfortable in that.”

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“Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.”

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“I've learned that asking ourselves not just what we want to be, but who we want to be is important at every stage of our lives, not just when we're starting out in the world. That's because in a way, we're starting out fresh in the world every single day.”

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“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”

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Author:Maria Shriver

About the Author

Born: November 6, 1955
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 56

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