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title: "7 Kennedy Shot Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [People always ask me, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emo-philips/people-always-ask-me-where-were-you-when-kennedy-was-shot-well-i-don/)

[Emo Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emo-philips/)

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> [ I was next to Bobby \[Kennedy\] when he was shot. It was hideous. Part of me wanted to crawl away. I couldn't...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-benson/i-was-next-to-bobby-kennedy-when-he-was-shot-it-was-hideous-part-of/)

[Harry Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-benson/)

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> [You know, at parties, people always ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emo-philips/you-know-at-parties-people-always-ask-where-were-you-when-kennedy-was/)

[Emo Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emo-philips/)

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> [Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eartha-kitt/dallas-is-where-kennedy-was-shot-and-that-s-where-i-was-put-in-jail/)

[Eartha Kitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eartha-kitt/)

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> [“I have changed my mind on a number of things, including almost everything having to do with Cuba, but the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-have-changed-my-mind-on-a-number-of-things-including-almost/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-neill/i-can-tell-you-where-i-was-when-kennedy-was-shot-which-was-in-the/)

[Sam Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-neill/)

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> [The pilot came back and said he had just heard that Kennedy was shot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-smathers/the-pilot-came-back-and-said-he-had-just-heard-that-kennedy-was-shot/)

[George Smathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-smathers/)

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