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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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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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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram.
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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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Presidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you.
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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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A lot of what acting is paying attention.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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I don't really yell at people.
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People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.
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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 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'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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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 have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.
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My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie.
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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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The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of.
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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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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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