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... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.
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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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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I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.
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Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.
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Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.
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Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.
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Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a light bulb.
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[Emily Litella line:] Never mind.
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Humor is just truth, only faster!
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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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Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.
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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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It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What spirit human beings have!
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I'm not really an impersonator.
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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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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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I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.
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Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, 'If it wasn't for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the downside.
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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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... 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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You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused.
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