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Being Away From Home Gave Me The Chance To Look At Myself With A Jaundiced Eye. I Learned Not To Be Ashamed Of A Real Hunger For Knowledge, Something I Had Always Tried To Hide, And I Came Home Glad To Start In Here Again With A Love For Europe That I Am Afraid Will Never Leave Me.

-Jackie Kennedy

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Being Away From Home

Jackie Kennedy

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Being Away From Home Gave Me The Chance To Look At Myself With A Jaundiced Eye. I Learned Not To Be Ashamed Of A Real Hunger For Knowledge, Something I Had Always Tried To Hide, And I Came Home Glad To Start In Here Again With A Love For Europe That I Am Afraid Will Never Leave Me.

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