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• When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You know it's not good. You know there's no light at the end of the tunnel. That's the only way you can go. But you really don't know anything about it. And you don't know what to expect.

  Nancy Reagan

  Alzheimer's, Tunnels, Light

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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!

  Nancy Reagan

  Sleep, Eight, Years

  1989 MyTurn (withWilliamNovack).

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• To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.

  Nancy Reagan

  Inspirational, Life, God

  "'Just Say No'". Address to the Nation, edition.cnn.com. September 14, 1986.

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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.

  Nancy Reagan

  Life, Appreciation, Time

  "Diane Sawyer Talks With Nancy Reagan". Interview with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. June 28.

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• I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.

  Nancy Reagan

  Believe, Hands, Choices

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• It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

  Nancy Reagan

  Lonely, White, House

  "Exclusive: Nancy Reagan Misses Husband Now More Than Ever". abcnews.go.com. May 21, 2007.

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• The movies were custard compared to politics.

  Nancy Reagan

  Politics, First Lady, Custard

  "Former first lady Nancy Reagan dead at 94". www.foxnews.com. March 7, 2016.

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

  Nancy Reagan

  Jobs, Husband, President

  "The 'just say no' first lady". Interview with Katie Couric, www.today.com. February 18, 2004.

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• I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can.

  Larry Flynt

  Thinking, Fire, Justice

  "Larry Flynt on sex and presidents" by Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. April 20, 2011.

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• He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. According to him, human justice was nothing and divine justice was everything. I pointed out it was the former that had condemned me.

  Albert Camus

  Divine Justice, Would Be, Sin

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.118, Vintage

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• A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just in a different uniform and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There's no such thing as a former Marine.

  James F. Amos

  Military, Marine, Islands

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• The eternal task of song can never be finished in a single lifetime. That is the beauty and fascination of the art. Once you begin to phrase finely, you will feel more joy in the beautiful finish of a beautiful phrase than that caused by the loudest applause of an immense audience. The latter excites for a moment; the former endures forever.

  Nellie Melba

  Beautiful, Song, Art

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• President Obama gave a speech about healthcare tonight, and yesterday he gave a pep talk to students. He told them that in order to succeed they need to work hard and study hard. Then today, former President George W. Bush presented the rebuttal.

  Conan O'Brien

  Hard Work, Order, Yesterday

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• Former President George W. Bush has hired a man to lead his presidential think tank in Dallas. The man was hired because he was the only candidate who could say the words, 'George W. Bush think tank' with a straight face.

  Conan O'Brien

  Men, Thinking, Presidential

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• Today, former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and convinced him to release two American journalists that have been jailed since March. Isn't that great? This is big, yeah. Or as Clinton calls it, another Asian happy ending.

  Conan O'Brien

  Two, President, Asian

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• Happy birthday to former First Lady Barbara Bush, who turned seventy-seven this week. Unfortunately, where her granddaughters helped blow out the candles on her cake, it exploded.

  Craig Kilborn

  Blow, Cake, Granddaughter

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• Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in spiritual pain once more - 'damn you tiny assassin, clad in yellow and black, how I crave my former innocence where melancholy was my only trial'.

  Russell Brand

  Spiritual, Pain, Self

  Russell Brand (2010). “Articles of Faith”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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• In the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, witnesses emotionally testified about the abuse the former dictator inflicted on them. Afterward, a tearful Saddam said, 'Ah, good times.'

  Amy Poehler

  Tuesday, Abuse, Trials

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• I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it.

  Jeremy Northam

  Spy, Moscow, Realizing

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• You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that's possible for you.

  Marianne Williamson

  Self, Cocoons, Limits

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Dec 08, 2009

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• After three failed marriages, I know what its like to be replaced. So thats kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today. ... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like hes going to be a bust in Detroit.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Choices, Three, Looks

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• I call myself a FFP: former fat person, and when you're an FFP, you will always see in yourself what people used to bully you for.

  Kelly Osbourne

  People, Bully, Used

  "Kelly Osbourne's DOs and DON'Ts of Body Confidence" By Amy Spencer, www.glamour.com. April 2, 2012.

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• I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Children, Years, Gone

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• Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs.

  Mel Carnahan

  Jobs, Children, Training

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• Hughes' debut novel, At Dawn, follows a former All-American wrestler, and is there any better metaphor for contemporary American life? We're all wrestling, tussling with the economy, no jobs, doing the best we can. Hughes doesn't flinch from the tough existential questions. He embraces them.

  Joshua Mohr

  Jobs, Wrestling, Dawn

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