Jill Biden Quotes

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Jill Biden

Profession : Educator

Birth : June 3, 1951

I think that running creates a sense of balance in my life. And it really calms me down.

Jill Biden

Most women I know have been harassed in some way. And you never wanted to report it, because you were afraid of losing your job or you felt like, hey, did that just happen? I think it's good that women now... have the courage! Because it's not easy.

Jill Biden

We need good reading programs, and we need equity in schools.

Jill Biden

People know Joe Biden. They've seen the strong parts of his character and how resilient he is.

Jill Biden

When I go to the supermarket, I can see people looking in my cart. So I have to be careful what I buy and when. I send my sister to Costco to pick up the personal items.

Jill Biden

Well, I'm a runner, and I have to run with Secret Service - even though they can run twice as fast. It took me a while to get used to running with them, because I love the solitary aspect of it. So I have two rules. First, I can't hear their feet. And second, I can't see their shadows.

Jill Biden

I think I am a tough grader, because I feel like it's my job to teach them to write well. I hope my students say I'm a fair teacher.

Jill Biden

I guess the White House is kind of confining.

Jill Biden

Education is possibility set in motion.

Jill Biden

There was a little nook on Air Force Two that contained the vice presidential seal, and I would sort of wedge myself in there and grade papers on the floor.

Jill Biden

I was a Senate spouse for many, many years. I kept my own career. I was teaching and Joe was doing politics. I realized when we were elected vice president that I had a platform and I knew I was not going to waste my platform. It was going to focus women and girls' education.

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I feel that exercise really balances me. Then I layer on the other obligations that I have.

Jill Biden

I'm good at separating things. When I'm in my classroom, I'm totally there. When I'm at an event, I'm totally there. And when I'm with my grandkids, my total attention is on them.

Jill Biden

I loved teaching English and giving my students confidence.

Jill Biden

I think it's important how I come across to my students. I want them to see how professional women dress.

Jill Biden

I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.

Jill Biden

I'm a grandmother.

Jill Biden

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

Jill Biden