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.’
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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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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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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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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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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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 have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
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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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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 know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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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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