Betty Ford Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
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I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
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Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'
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I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing something that mattered: to keep up standards, to take books seriously.
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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.
