Breast Cancer Quotes - Page 2

• I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Cancer, Respect Women, Found

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• Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.

  Larry Craig

  Cancer, America, Mammograms

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• If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Sports, Children

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• During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous.

  Melissa Bank

  Inspirational, Distance, Cancer

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Cancer, Mammograms, Ifs

  "Cynthia Nixon Beats Breast Cancer, Becomes Advocate" by Olivia Sterns, Jen Periera, Thea Trachtenberg and Laura Zaccaro, abcnews.go.com. April 15, 2008.

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• I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Powerful, Cancer

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• Breast cancer change you, and the change can be beautiful.

  Alyssa-Jane Cook

  Beautiful, Cancer, Breasts

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• When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that came to my mind, and I believe that helped to calm my own anxiety.

  Maura Tierney

  Cancer, Stupid, Believe

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• I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.

  Paloma Faith

  Mother, Cancer, Thinking

  "Paloma Faith: 'Cosmetic surgery is superficial'" by Kristy Kelly, www.digitalspy.com. May 17, 2011.

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• Getting cancer can become the beginning of living. The search for one's own being, the discovery of the life one needs to live, can be one of the strongest weapons against disease.

  Lawrence LeShan

  Inspirational, Cancer, Discovery

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• The only person who can save you is you: That going to be the thing that informed the rest of my life.

  Sheryl Crow

  Cancer, Persons

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• I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, Would Be, Chance

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• For those of us who have been diagnosed with cancer, time is a precious commodity. The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to the patient's bedside must be shortened.

  Larry Lucchino

  Distance, Cancer, Benches

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• Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Cancer, Ivf, Found

  Giuliana Rancic (2015). “Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections”, p.182, Crown Archetype

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• The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.

  Gilda Radner

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer

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• We are a testament to the importance of early detection and new treatments. I encourage all women everywhere to advocate for themselves and for their future. See your doctor and be proactive about your health.

  Sheryl Crow

  Cancer, Doctors, Proactive

  "Sheryl Crow undergoes cancer surgery, postpones tour". www.mtv.com. February 25, 2006.

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• She had breast cancer. No one said she shouldn't run for governor.

  Jodi Rell

  Inspirational, Running, Cancer

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  Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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• Winning isn't the end of the world

  David Pleat

  Letting Go, Being Single, Winning

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• If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

  Eric Bentley

  Hope, Cancer, Hands

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• I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups.

  Erika Slezak

  Cancer, Survivor, Mammograms

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• One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.

  Bill Rancic

  Cancer, Helping Others, Issues

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• We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Cancer

  "Why I'm not angry at Lance Armstrong" by Sally Jenkins, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2012.

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• Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, Heart, Who We Are

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• Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, Risk, Needs

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