Quotes by Teresa Heinz

About Teresa Heinz:

Teresa Heinz Kerry is a Mozambican–born American businesswoman and philanthropist of Portuguese descent. She is the widow of former U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III (R-Pennsylvania), and the wife of current U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry (D-Massachusetts).
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I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

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

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

Teresa Heinz

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

Teresa Heinz

I am always who I am, and anyone who's known me forever will tell you that. I guess there's enough of a child in me that that's important.

Teresa Heinz

I am the product of living in dictatorships. And someone who's lived in dictatorships and not being allowed to be themselves, it cherishes the ability to be yourself and to have feelings and to speak them when asked. And I am that person.

Teresa Heinz

My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.

Teresa Heinz

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

Teresa Heinz

John will never send a boy or girl in a uniform anywhere in the world because of our need and greed for oil.

Teresa Heinz

I never cook from cookbooks.

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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.

Teresa Heinz

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.

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

I am very concerned about junk food in the schools.

Teresa Heinz

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

Teresa Heinz

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 s...

Teresa Heinz

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

Teresa Heinz

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

Teresa Heinz

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.

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Author Bio

  • NameTeresa Heinz
  • DescriptionPortuguese–American businesswoman, widow of Sen. H. John Heinz III and wife of Secretary of State John Kerry
  • AliasesTeresa Heinz
  • BornOctober 5, 1938
  • CountryPortugal; United States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur