Quotation for Today, Friday 18 July 2008

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Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all.

Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH, (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons. She was the wife of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.

Lady Astor, by John Singer Sargent, 1909.

Lady Astor, by John Singer Sargent, 1909.

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