Patti Davis Quotes

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You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

Patti Davis

Circles, Long, Full Circle

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It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

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Grief, Way

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Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

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Life Lesson, Grief, Bereavement

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[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?

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Father, Sleep, America

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That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

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Heart, Legacy, Earth

"Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. December 3, 2004.

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I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

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Brother, Sibling, America

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My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.

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Father, Thinking, Alzheimer's

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My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.

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Father, Men, Long

"Patti Davis on rebelling against Reagan" by Karin Tanabe, www.politico.com. December 12, 2011.

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Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

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Broken Heart, Broken Promises, Vision

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Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.

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Teacher, Night, Light

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My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes - - eyes that had not opened for many, many days - - and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.

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Mother, Father, Eye

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I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.

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Should Have, Careers, People

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The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have gone through it and are going through it, but I think for every person it feels unique.

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Thinking, Unique, Long

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I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?

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Father, Thinking, Alzheimer's

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I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

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Thinking, Dying, Death And Dying

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Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

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Motherhood, Thinking, People

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Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.

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Mistake, Made, Persons

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Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.

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Book, Self, People

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I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

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Moving, Writing, Bedtime

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It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.

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Resilience, Doe, Sickness

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The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that before. I could hear it forever.

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Memories, Long, Forever

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I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Veteran, Conspiracy, Obsessed

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The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

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Would Be, Way, Ethical

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The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.

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Father, Shoes, Glasses

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I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.

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Father, Feelings, Want

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Born: October 21, 1952
Occupation: Actress
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