Nancy Reagan Quotes

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Nancy Reagan

Profession : First Lady

Birth : July 6, 1921

Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.

Nancy Reagan

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.

Nancy Reagan

For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

Nancy Reagan

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

Nancy Reagan

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

Nancy Reagan

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

Nancy Reagan

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

Nancy Reagan

My life really began when I married my husband.

Nancy Reagan

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

Nancy Reagan

There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.

Nancy Reagan

I don't really yell at people.

Nancy Reagan

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Nancy Reagan

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

Nancy Reagan

I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.

Nancy Reagan

Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.

Nancy Reagan

I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Nancy Reagan

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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As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.

Nancy Reagan

Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.

Nancy Reagan