Betty Ford Quotes

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• You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

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  Business, Anticipation, Sad Truth

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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• That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

  Betty Ford

  Helping Others, Earth, Helping

  "Lifting the cause of women and breast cancer awareness". TODAY interview, www.today.com. August 5, 2010.

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• The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

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  First Lady, Humans, Human Freedom

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• Being a lady does not require silence.

  Betty Ford

  Silence, Doe, Being A Lady

  Address at the International Women’s Year meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, geraldrfordfoundation.org. October 25, 1975.

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• I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

  Betty Ford

  Looks, Lost, Left

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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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  Fear, Easier, Ifs

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1987). “Betty: A Glad Awakening”, Doubleday Books

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• A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

  Betty Ford

  Self, Choices, Freedom Of Choice

  "A Feminist? Definition Varies With the Woman", www.nytimes.com. November 8, 1975.

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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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  Independent, Kind, Streaks

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• Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

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  Should Have, Abortion, Safe

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• Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.

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  Food, Alcohol, Cooking

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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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  Golf, Swimming, Empty Life

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• What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.

  Betty Ford

  Baby, Opportunity, Men

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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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  Humor, Makeup, Alcohol

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1987). “Betty: A Glad Awakening”, Doubleday Books

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• I've learned a lot about myself. Most of it is all right. When I add up the pluses and subtract the minuses, I still come out pretty well.

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  Add, I've Learned, Wells

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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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.

  Betty Ford

  Thinking, Alcohol, Mind

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• A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.

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  Jobs, Children, Office

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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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  Believe, Rights, Citizens

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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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  Different, Firsts, First Lady

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• Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.

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  Baby, Blessing, Having A Baby

  "Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies at Age 93", www.foxnews.com. July 09, 2011.

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• I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you're having a good time.

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  Party, Thinking, White

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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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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  Alcohol, Alcoholics, Knows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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  Children, Years, Feelings

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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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.

  Betty Ford

  College, People, Drug

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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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  Denial, Never Forget, Reactions

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• Friends aren't any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.

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  Friends, Senior, School

  Betty Ford, Chris Chase (1978). “The times of my life”, Ballantine Books

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