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.
BETTY FORDThat’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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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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I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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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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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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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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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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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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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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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.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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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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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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