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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
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Nancy Davis
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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A friend of mine said to me a year ago, You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library, She said, You have that to work on, and to go to, and, in a sense, to be with him. I had never thought of it like that, but it's true. I go to the library or work for the library all the time, because it's Ronnie. I'm working for Ronnie.
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Everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me. We completed each other.
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I've always gone for the more understated look.
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Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
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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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I'm doing what I want to do.
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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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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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I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.
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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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I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.
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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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For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!
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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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A lot of what acting is paying attention.
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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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