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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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 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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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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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 had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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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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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 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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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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