Cancer Survival Quotes

• Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.

  Olivia Newton-John

  Cancer, Survival, Unimportant

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• Cancer is not for sissies.

  Suzanne Somers

  Cancer, Survival, Sissy

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. March 28, 2001.

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• Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.

  Olivia Newton-John

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

  Cam Newton

  Tunnels, Light, Rejection

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• I see light at the end of the tunnel.

  Walt Whitman Rostow

  Positive, Humor, Vegas

  Walt Whitman Rostow (1955). “Russia and China Under Communism”

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• To the pessimist the light at the end of the tunnel is another train.

  Joan Rivers

  Humor, Las Vegas, Tunnels

  Joan Rivers (1997). “Bouncing back: I've survived everything-- and I mean everything-- and you can too!”, Thorndike Pr

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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 shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

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• Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

  Steven Tyler

  Humor, Vegas, Tunnels

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• I'm not sure what Essiac does to extend cancer survival, and for all we know it may not have this effect. On the other hand, it's not toxic and my patients have reported feeling good while taking it, so why not support them?

  Abram Hoffer

  Cancer, Hands, Feel Good

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• We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

  Peter Jennings

  Cancer, Survival, Survivor

  Final ABC broadcast, April 5, 2005.

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• Cancer Is an opportunity to sit down and look into yourself and find the answers. Yes, it's serious, but it's not the end-all.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Cancer, Opportunity, Survival

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• Now I wear my cancer like I wear my blackness I'm proud!

  Mr. T

  Cancer, Survival, Proud

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• Cancer is enough to get my attention.

  Charles Grodin

  Cancer, Survival, Attention

  Charles Grodin (1993). “How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide”, Quill

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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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• Cancer is everybody's cause.

  Laura Ziskin

  Cancer, Survival, Causes

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• Just when you think you're coming out and you think, 'OK, I see the light at the end of the tunnel,' then I got this diagnosis.

  Dana Reeve

  Cancer, Thinking, Tunnels

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• We are all precancerous.

  George Carlin

  Cancer, Survival

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.195, Hachette UK

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• I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK.

  Koo Stark

  Cancer, Qualms About, America

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• With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.

  Merril Hoge

  Cancer, Being Positive, Doubt

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• Ninety percent of cancers are curable in stage one. We spend billions of dollars and over 40 years searching for a cure, and we're not really that close. So why aren't we teaching people the only cure we have now? Early detection is one sh**ty year, versus the rest of your life.

  Yael Cohen

  Cancer, Teaching, Years

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• Like with every form of cancer, early detection is what it is all about. I urge everyone to learn the facts about this condition. It can be prevented with testing, and it can be beaten if caught early!

  Rod Stewart

  Cancer, Survival, Facts

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• The question was, which would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me?

  Lance Armstrong

  Cancer, Survival, Firsts

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• That is the beauty of cancer, it tells you that your days are limited, that you could die at any point. It is that perspective that allows you to live a better life while you're here.

  Shelley Hamlin

  Cancer, Perspective, Survival

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