I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that’s what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn’t eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.
BETTY FORDI really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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When I say we’ve had an ideal marriage, I’m not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it’s all a couple has built on. We’ve had that and a whole lot more.
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We’re full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it’s difficult the first year.
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For 14 years, I’d been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I’d lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn’t be so outspoken.
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A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
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I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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I feel it’s important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
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It’s always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they’re about eighteen years old. If you haven’t made your points with them by then, it’s too late.
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