Teresa Heinz Quotes

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Teresa Heinz

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : October 5, 1938

I think people should be who they are. If someone is a great mother, or a great personal friend to their friends and just a loving person, that's all they should be, if that's what they want to be, 'cause it's genuine.

Teresa Heinz

I always think that women are the chaos managers of life.

Teresa Heinz

I'm the wife. I'm the mom. I'm the friend. And, you know, my friends call me 'Mama T,' or 'Dr. T,' and that's, guess, what I am - the Mama T and the Dr. T. That's who I am.

Teresa Heinz

I'm an African American.

Teresa Heinz

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Teresa Heinz

I may be a good Catholic, a bad Catholic or a so-so Catholic, but that's who I am.

Teresa Heinz

I couldn't not be who I am. That bubble eventually bursts down the road. So you just have to be real, and when you goof up, say you goofed up.

Teresa Heinz

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.

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There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

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I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish.

Teresa Heinz

To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes this country: young, curious, brimming with idealism and hope - and a real, honest compassion.

Teresa Heinz

At the end of the day, no one asks a woman, 'Do you need a neck rub? Do you need a drink, honey?'

Teresa Heinz