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.
BETTY FORDHolding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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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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I really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.
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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 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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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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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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I’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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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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My makeup wasn’t smeared, I wasn’t disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
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