If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.. (English proverb) Talk of the devil - and the devil appears. (Bulgarian proverb) The bride doesn't know how to dance, she says the floor is slanted. (Armenian proverb) It's not only cooks that wear long knives. (Dutch proverb)
Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911 above the H.C. Pitney Variety Store. Reagan had a deep belief in the goodness of people probably due to the optimism of his mother.onald learned first hand from his father about hard work and dedication, a work ethic he would adopt. His was charming and a good storyteller, a quality also learned by Ronald and embraced throughout his adulthood. A final aspect of the elder Reagan was his emphasis on judging the individual without prejudice.
From his first week in office, President Reagan went on the offensive against the Soviet Union. In his first presidential news conference, Reagan denounced the Soviet leadership as still dedicated to world revolution and a one-world Socialist-Communist state..plashed across the front page, Sharansky recalled, was a condemnation of Reagan for calling the Soviet Union an evil empire.. Tapping on the walls and talking through toilets, political prisoners spread the word of Reagan's provocation.. The dissidents were ecstatic.