"For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously."

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"For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously."

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"President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift."

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