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X. J. Kennedy Quotes

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

Cry Know Laugh Like Poems Them Whether You

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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.

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