The document contains quotes from various individuals about their experiences with cancer. Jim Valvano talks about how cancer cannot affect his mind, heart or soul. Dave Pelzer says cancer can be faced as a victim or survivor based on mindset. Ingrid Bergman discusses how cancer victims who do not accept their fate or learn to live with it will destroy what little time they have left. The quotes provide insights into facing cancer with courage, living fully even with uncertainty, and finding renewed gratitude and priorities after a cancer experience.

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CANCER
Quotes

2. Cancer can take away all of my
physical abilities. It cannot touch
my mind, it cannot touch my heart,
and it cannot touch my soul.
Jim Valvano
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3. You can be a victim of cancer, or a
survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.
Dave Pelzer
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4. Cancer victims who don’t accept
their fate, who do not learn to live
with it, will only destroy what little
time they have left.
Ingrid Bergman
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5. I keep dreaming of a future, a
future with a long and healthy life,
not lived in a shadow of cancer
but in the light.
Patrick Swayze
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6. I am battling cancer. It’s another
battle I intent to win.
Arlen Specter
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7. I have to admit, like so many
women, I always knew there was a
chance. But like so many women, I
never thought it will be me. I never
thought I’d hear those devastating
words: ‘You have breast cancer’.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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8. 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 day
that you have had you will have
lived.
Gilda Radner
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9. Cancer affects all of us, whether
you’re a daughter, mother, sister,
friend, coworker, doctor, patient.
Jennifer Aniston
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10. My cancer scare changed my life. I
am grateful for every new, healthy
day I have. It has helped me
prioritize my life.
Olivia Newton-John
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11. Cancer didn’t bring me to my
knees, it brought me to my feet.
Michael Douglas
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