1,237 Quotes About Cancer

  • Author Tom Rath
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    I first found out I had cancer on my eye and lost an eye to this disease when I was 16, and I've since had cancer in my kidneys and pancreas and a host of other areas,

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  • Author Wilhelm Reich
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    The "stiff, dead, retracted pelvis" is one of man's most frequent vegetative disturbances. It is responsible for lumbago as well as for hemorrhoidal disturbances. Elsewhere, we shall demonstrate an important connection between these disturbances and genital cancer in women, which is so common. Thus, the "deadning of the pelvis" has the same function as the deadening of the abdomen, i.e., to avoid feelings, particularly those of pleasure and anxiety.

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  • Author Allyson Schwartz
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    I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.

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  • Author Arlen Specter
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    Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.

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  • Author Arlen Specter
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    If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today.

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  • Author Carly Simon
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    I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

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  • Author Carly Simon
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    I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

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  • Author Cindy Sheehan
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    You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East.

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