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" I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity. "

Melissa Etheridge

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" My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It's the stress that will turn that gene on or not. "

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" Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone. "

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" I've worked since I was 11 years old, playing music and following the dream, and shaking and moving and doing it. And then, you have cancer and it was like 'Ooooohh.' It was like a big eraser. It was the only thing in my life that had ever made me just stop. "

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" Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought. "

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" Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser. "

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" I have a very strong opinions about health and our responsibility to our own health, and I will always say what I feel. "

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" I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.' "

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" There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself. "

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" Your own personal health is your own personal choice, all the way down the line. "

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" Chemotherapy tests your sanity. "

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" In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side. "

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" Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana. "

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" Love is never wrong. "

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" The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs. "

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" I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. "

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" My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else. "

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" I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce. "

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" I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to. "

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" My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother. "

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" When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body. "

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" I have days when I say, 'I'm going to have five chocolate chip cookies today.' I'll have a salad every day but every week I have a cheat day. "

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" People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long. "

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