Laura Linney Quotes
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.
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Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.
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Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
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Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.
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I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.
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The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.
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I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
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These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
