Complex sentence: Flaherty attributed her father's praise of her to fueling Bouvier's confidence in herself, and her sister Lee has stated that she would not have gained her "independence and individuality" had it not been for the relationship she had with their father and paternal grandfather.
Split into simpler sentences: Flaherty attributed her father's praise of her to fueling Jacqueline's confidence in herself. Lee Radziwil would later say that Bouvier would not have gained her "independence and individuality" had it not been for the relationship she had with their father and paternal grandfather.