The rest of the country might benefit in following her example by remembering that even those who accomplish extraordinary things in their life are ultimately still ordinary...It's high praise, indeed, if they remain, forever, regular.
She displayed a deeply embedded resistance to being awed by the superficialities that distinguish people - namely fame, money, and power. Those are all examples of things that people might possess, but they offer little indication of exactly who people are.
Most every giant of popular culture, sports, and politics was within handshaking distance. But she preferred to spend her time with her family as well as the friends she'd accumulated over the years and the new ones she'd made...
Robinson, the former first lady's mother, seemed to hold the truth about herself and others close, displaying a resistance to being awed by superficialities like fame, money, and power.
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