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.
BETTY FORDThat’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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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 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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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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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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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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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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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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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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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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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 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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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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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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