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A lot of what acting is paying attention.

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Nancy Reagan
Age: 92 †
Born: 1923
Born: July 6
Died: 2016
Died: March 6
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Film Actor
Former First Lady Of The United States
Lawyer
Politician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Nancy Davis
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Presidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you.
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I realized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.
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I don't really yell at people.
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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
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Drugs take away the dream from every child's heart and replace it with a nightmare. And it's time we in America stand up and replace those dreams.
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I've always gone for the more understated look.
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My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie.
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The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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It's one of the best programs I've ever seen because it benefits both sides: children, who need love, and grandparents, elderly people, who need to feel wanted.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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I'm doing what I want to do.
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It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.
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The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these crazy things going on.
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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
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Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.
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Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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