"My mother and I are very close; I guess you would call us best friends."

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Source : "Susan Ford Bales: Ford's Daughter Enjoys Tulsa Time". Interview with Robby Trammell, newsok.com. November 13, 1989.

Susan Ford

“Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.”
“I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.”
“Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.”
“The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last.”
“I am a woman. My life is a long, strong, twisted rope, made up of a number of human relationships, nothing more.”
“Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But thatâ€™s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.”

Source : "My Voltaire Moment" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2009.
“There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.”
“Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets.”

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