Maria Shriver
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"Maria Owings Shriver"

is an American journalist, author of six best-selling books, and former First Lady of California as the wife of former Governor of California/California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has received a Peabody Award and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a "television show with a conscience". She is a member of the Kennedy family (her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a sister of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward Kennedy).

She is currently a special anchor and correspondent for NBC News.

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When I look in the mirror, I don't just see a first lady, I don't just see a Kennedy or a Schwarzenegger, I don't just see a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister and a friend, and thank God, I don't see Warren Beatty.

I think that public service is tough on a family -- no ifs, ands, buts about it. And I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

If kids are going to be on campus six hours a day, let's be responsible about what we give them.

To keep on doing the work and not worry what other people have to say.

I thought a lot about what I could say here today. I also thought a lot about what I couldn't or shouldn't say for one reason or the other, ... We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off they get sent to first ladies' dungeon, and you wouldn't want that to happen to me.

We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off.

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.

All right. This is what I should do. I should support what you're doing.

We should check where we are next year. I hope everyone is in this for the long haul.