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.
BETTY FORDYou never know what you can do until you have to do it.
More Betty Ford Quotes
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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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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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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 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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Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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