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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.'

  Betty Ford

  Alcohol, Patient, Speak

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• I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it.

  Betty Ford

  Hate, Firsts, First Lady

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

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

  Betty Ford

  Friends, Senior, School

  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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• 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.

  Betty Ford

  Marriage, Couple, Talking

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

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• Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.

  Betty Ford

  Baby, Husband, Grandpa

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• 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 Ford

  Years, Alcohol, Tolerance

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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.

  Betty Ford

  Country, Husband, Father

  "Former President Ford dies at 93", www.cnn.com. December 27, 2006.

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• Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.

  Betty Ford

  Hands, Driving, Wonderful

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• But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for my family of my recovery.

  Betty Ford

  Recovery, Years, Understanding

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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.

  Betty Ford

  Names, Want, Too Much

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