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Age
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I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.
-Nancy Astor, In Hammer and Tongues, by Brown and O'Connor, 1986
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I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
-Nancy Astor
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Alcohol/Alcoholism
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One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
-Nancy Astor
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Blame
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
-Nancy Astor
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Boredom
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The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
-Nancy Astor
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Change
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing.
-Nancy Astor
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Marriage
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I married beneath me; all women do.
-Nancy Astor
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Men & Women
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Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
-Nancy Astor
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Wealth
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The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
-Nancy Astor
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Books by and about Nancy Astor