Nancy Reagan Quotes
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got a lot back - all their purity and insight and innocence is so on the surface, and they're so unrepressed; they'd really scream at you and then give you a massive kiss.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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There's no religious test in our country, and there shouldn't be. We're an open, competitive society.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
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Curvy is something to be proud of.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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I continued to suffer from anxiety and obsessive thoughts, although the thoughts stopped centering on hell. I moved into an ashram called the Himalayan Institute after college and studied meditation, which made an enormous difference.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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I get very angry when I'm hungry and there isn't time for lunch.
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A double bind is far worse than a straightforward damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma. It requires you to obey two mutually exclusive commands: Anything you do to fulfill one violates the other.
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Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.
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No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
