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.
Betty FordRead
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.
Interpretation
Recognizing a harmful substance allows one to avoid it, similar to being allergic to something.
In this quote, Betty Ford emphasizes the clarity that comes from understanding one's relationship with alcohol. By comparing her situation to a food allergy, she highlights the importance of awareness and personal decisions in maintaining health and wellbeing.
In practice
This quote can be used in a health seminar to discuss addiction.
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.
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.
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.'
Being a lady does not require silence.
When other women have this same operation, it doesn't make any headlines. But the fact that I was the wife of the President put it in headlines and brought before the public this particular experience I was going through. It made a lot of women realize that it could happen to them. I'm sure I've saved at least one person maybe more.
I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise
Most fools think they are only ignorant.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.
Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls against temptation, why not get better at fulfilling desire? Salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb.
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