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 FORDThe 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.
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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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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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’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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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 have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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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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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 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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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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