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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
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Film Actor
Former First Lady Of The United States
Lawyer
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Stage Actor
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Nancy Davis
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What it boils down to is that each person has his own ways of coping with trauma and grief, with the pain of life, and astrology was one of mine. Don't criticize me, I wanted to say, until you have stood in my place. This helped me. Nobody was hurt by it.
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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 just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.
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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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A lot of what acting is paying attention.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
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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 really yell at people.
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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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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 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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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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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
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I'm doing what I want to do.
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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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Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
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