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 FORDMy makeup wasn’t smeared, I wasn’t disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
More Betty Ford Quotes
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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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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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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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 don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
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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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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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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 have an independent streak. You know, it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.
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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 know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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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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Friends aren’t any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.
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