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" I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh. "
Teri Garr
Try
Me
Laugh
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" I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice. "
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" I went on the 'Letterman' show the first time to plug something, and then I came back as the Fool, the court jester. "
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" If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them. "
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" I started out in the 1970s doing the Wife, the Bimbo, and the Ditz, and if I somehow get a serious role, they all wanna know the same thing: When are you going back to comedy? "
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" What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50? "
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" If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it. "
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" I think it's critical, a sense of humor. It did help me - it does help me, continuously. "
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" What's happening to me is I'm still happy and functioning, being able to listen to music, see good movies, read good books. What else is there that I can't, you know, I mean, I'm OK. "
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Me
" Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze. "
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" You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. "
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" The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good! "
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" My daughter couldn't wake me up, so they called 911. They rushed me to the hospital. They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain. I was unconscious for a week, and I was in rehab for two months - couldn't walk, couldn't talk. Now I've relearned everything. I'm so happy. "
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" My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS. "
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" I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit. "
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" I may not be able to run around the block anymore, but I love my life. "
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" I get this thing every once in a while that I call 'ESS:' emergency sleep situation. I'll get like lead, really fatigued, and I can't move. "
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Lead
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" '30 Rock' is one of the best things on TV, I think. "
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