Patti Davis
Patti Davis
Patti Davisis an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Reagan's second wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 October 1952
CityLos Angeles, CA
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I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on.
believe cure none others speak wide
I speak for many others when I say that none of us believe a cure is just around the corner. We believe it's around a very wide bend.
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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.
bring citizen country known needed
I needed him as a citizen of this country and that we as a country needed him. Because he would have known what to say to bring us some comfort.
struggle thinking alzheimers
I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They're aware that they're losing awareness, and you see them struggling.
summer children swimming
When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.
running memories grieving
There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.
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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.
absence false-hope
And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else.
writing character way
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.
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You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.
veteran conspiracy obsessed
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.
book self people
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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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.