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"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."
"I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated."
"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."
"I always liked red. It's a picker-upper."
"As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious."
"For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!"
"I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them."
"Presidents don't get vacations - they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you."
"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."
"I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated."
"I don't like a lot of frills and fusses."
"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."
"I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care."
"I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research."
"I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice."
"People should be afraid of the cancer, not the mammogram."
"I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder."
"They were very short, the golden years. The golden years are when you can sit back, hopefully, and exchange memories. And that's the worst part about this disease. There's nobody to exchange memories with."
"What can you say about a man, who on Mother's Day sends flowers to his mother-in-law, with a note thanking her for making him the happiest man on Earth?"
"There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president."