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" It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard. "
Melissa Etheridge
Children
Tough
Mom
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" I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer. "
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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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" What I do believe in is other worlds and spirits. There is some other power in control - levels of energy that perhaps we don't see. "
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" My kids and I love to listen to Bill Cosby. "
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" What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity. "
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" I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones. "
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" I have always loved Broadway. "
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" Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away. "
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" I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth. "
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" I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine. "
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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 have found that I'm just political just by being who I am. "
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" I think I've been on a path ever since I was born, a path of high stress. I put myself, my career, it was a big old juicy carrot right in front of me for all of my life. "
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" Your own personal health is your own personal choice, all the way down the line. "
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" Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel. "
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" I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge. "
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" On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely. "
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You
" 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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" I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do. "
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" I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening. "
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" We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are hits, but I'm glad some of them aren't so brutal. "
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Nature
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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 can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through love and say, 'This is a wake-up call. This is my body telling me: 'Hey, you're out of balance here. It's time to get in line with yourself.' "
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" My friends have always told me that rock stardom was wasted on me. "
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" There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes a genius to know how to do it. "
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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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" 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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" I think it has done us more harm believing in the huge differences between left and right, Democrat and Republican. "
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