Kitty Kelley Quotes

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• It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.
• My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself…
• I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe…
• I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.
• I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.
• I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress... It's like a secret society up there.
• JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.
• Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it,…
• People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.
• Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.
• Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.
• The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.
• There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?
• While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.
• Barack Obama and Michelle Obama don't go to Georgetown... The Clintons did, indeed. And the Clintons go out and about in Washington now. They go…
• Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president, each brought to…
• Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin…
• I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial…
• I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your…
• I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them…

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