Kathy Bates Quotes

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

Kathy Bates

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• I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

  

  Kathy Bates
  • Cancer