I have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
BETTY FORDYou can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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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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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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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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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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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 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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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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And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, “What will you have to drink? Oh that’s right you don’t drink.” Just speak up and say, ‘Of course I drink. But I just don’t drink alcohol.’
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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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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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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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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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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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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