I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me.


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One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientis...
NANCY ROMAN
I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.
NANCY REAGAN
I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
NANCY REAGAN
I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in them.
NANCY REAGAN
The movies were custard compared to politics.
NANCY REAGAN
You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is differ...
NANCY REAGAN
With Alzheimer's patients, you have to be very careful what you say when you're looking at t...
NANCY REAGAN
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.
NANCY REAGAN
I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryo...
NANCY REAGAN
It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
NANCY REAGAN
There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elec...
NANCY REAGAN
As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.
NANCY REAGAN
My life really began when I married my husband.
NANCY REAGAN
Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists...
NANCY REAGAN
I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortio...
NANCY REAGAN
I always liked red. It's a picker-upper.
NANCY REAGAN
Just say no to drugs!
NANCY REAGAN
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all her...
NANCY REAGAN
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.
NANCY REAGAN
Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie s...
NANCY PICKARD
Everybody knows now that Marie Lightfoot, the true crime writer, is dating Franklin DeWeese, the sta...
NANCY PICKARD
I'm Marie Lightfoot, or at least that's the name my publisher puts on the covers of the book...
NANCY PICKARD
I live in a little suburb close to Kansas City called Prairie Village, where there's a feeling o...
NANCY PICKARD
I go for drives in the Flint Hills, which is the setting for 'The Virgin of Small Plains'.
NANCY PICKARD
I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. ...
NANCY PICKARD
I've lived in Kansas for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching...
NANCY PICKARD
It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk abou...
NANCY PICKARD
I'm not interested in forcing my beliefs on my readers.
NANCY PICKARD
I'm a Midwestern girl, born and bred. It's harder for some of us to write about things close...
NANCY PICKARD
I've known a lot of cowboys and a few cowgirls. They're, by and large, some of the smartest,...
NANCY PICKARD
I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
NANCY PICKARD
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladd...
NANCY PELOSI
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will ...
NANCY PELOSI
When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an e...
NANCY PELOSI
I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has b...
NANCY PELOSI
I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
NANCY PELOSI
The American dream is about freedom.
NANCY PELOSI
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politic...
NANCY PELOSI
If you don't vote, you don't count.
NANCY PELOSI
Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
NANCY PELOSI
The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
NANCY PELOSI
Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
NANCY PELOSI
Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time...
NANCY PELOSI