If you rely completely on protocol, you can become a robot.
I was a late bloomer on the career front.
I have worked hard to become happy. It was a real struggle.
Being bipolar is a huge exaggeration of your emotions. You can be pretty high and also terribly low, so I've been through it all.
I turned 65 and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm a senior. How did this happen?'
I've had enough of being public property.
I feel very confident and positive about my life.
I don't think Pierre Trudeau knew how to be a husband. I couldn't stay in that marriage.
We don't help people mourn in our society.
Do you know what prepares you for the mental hospital? Being a prime minister's wife.
I think we can choose to be happy in our lives.
I thought of 24 Sussex Drive as the crown jewel of the federal penitentiary system.
I wince at some of the things I did as the young wife of Canada's fifteenth prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
At 65, most of us still have a lot to give and a lot to contribute.
Simply put, women should prepare in their 50s for the rest of their lives.
I miss being exposed to the leading thinkers of the world.
There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.
I've never been one to celebrate anniversaries.
I have studied Freud and that kind of thing. I just never thought I would need it.
I prepared myself for my marriage to Pierre Trudeau, but I didn't prepare myself for marriage to the prime minister.
I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.
Politics is an ugly and thankless role.
I can't be a rose in any man's lapel.
Everyone wants a loving, equal relationship.
I tend to keep the press at a distance, you know, and I don't really react to what they say. I react to what I feel more.
I'm no political pundit.
Suddenly I turned 65 and realized, 'Oh my goodness, I'm old.' I think it was when I got into the movie theatres cheaper.
For me, because I'm a mental health advocate, I want everyone to be the healthiest they can be.
