She taught me how to be more truthful with myself and how careful listening is a more powerful communication skill than public speaking.

“I will always admire my mother for the way that she faced up to her challenges with grace, courage, humility, and honesty,” her son Ted Kennedy Jr. said as part of that statement. “She taught me how to be more truthful with myself and how careful listening is a more powerful communication skill than public speaking

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