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My life had made me funny, and cancer wasn't going to change that.
Gilda Radner
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Gilda Radner
Age: 42 †
Born: 1946
Born: June 28
Died: 1989
Died: May 20
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Gilda Susan Radner
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... every time I got disappointed I'd remember the Roseannadanna philosophy that says that you shouldn't cry over split milk 'cause if you spill some milk and instead of cleaning it up you just walk over it and start crying, they're gonna put you on lithium.
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[Emily Litella line:] Never mind.
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There are those who open their hearts to others...who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make all the difference in our lives.
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... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.
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I think clothes should make you feel safe. I like clothes you want to go to sleep in. I sometimes stand in front of a mirror and change a million times because I know I really want to wear my nightgown.
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I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.
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I love being a woman. You can cry. You get to wear pants now. If you're on a boat and it's going to sink, you get to go on the rescue boat first. You get to wear cute clothes. It must be a great thing, or so many men wouldn't be wanting to do it.
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Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a light bulb.
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I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.
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I'm not really an impersonator.
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What we put into every moment is all we have. You can drug yourself to death or you can smoke yourself to death or eat yourself to death, or you can do everything right and be healthy and then get hit by a car. Life is so great, such a neat thing, and yet all during it we have to face death, which can make you nuts and depressed.
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I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.
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[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.
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Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.
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I think dogs are the most amazing creatures they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
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It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We get to live, then we have to die. ... What spirit human beings have! It is a pretty cheesy deal - all the pleasures of life, and then death.
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Cancer is probably the most unfunny thing in the world, but I'm a comedian, and even cancer couldn't stop me from seeing the humor in what I went through.
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I've learned what I can control is whether I am going to live a day in fear and depression and panic, or whether I am going to attack the day and make it as good a day, as wonderful a day, as I can.
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