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.
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 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’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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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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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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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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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 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 know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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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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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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