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People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram.

Nancy Reagan

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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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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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I don't really yell at people.
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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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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 see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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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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Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases - and soon. As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them, and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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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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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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Just because you're married [to the president] doesn't mean you've given up your right to have and opinion.
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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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Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.
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I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
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I've always gone for the more understated look.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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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'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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