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"He and Reagan were not at all alike, because Reagan is an optimist and Dick Nixon wasn't. Yet in some ways they were alike. Neither really liked to talk on the telephone, for instance. And, in a lot of respects, both of them were very much loners"

- Lyn Nofziger

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This quote is written / told by Lyn Nofziger between June 8, 1924 and March 27, 2006. He/she was a famous author. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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