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" I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting? "
Teri Garr
Always
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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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" Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. "
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" There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good. "
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" I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves. "
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" Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life. "
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" My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time. "
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" When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.' I said to her, 'Well, my heart bleeds for you, because you're an idiot.' "
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" I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.' "
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" I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me. "
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" A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors. "
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" I remember some stories had a very big impact on me, like 'The Little Train That Could,' which is about the importance of not giving up, and 'Little Toot,' about a playful tugboat in the New York harbor. "
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" My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of the Chorus,' as Marilyn Monroe's father. "
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" I may not be able to run around the block anymore, but I love my life. "
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Love
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" 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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Appreciate
I Am
" My mother was a role model. "
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Model
Mother
" Speaking out about multiple sclerosis to others who may be dealing with this disease is actually helpful to me as well as, I hope, to others. It builds community, helps bring awareness to MS, and strengthens the MS movement that will ultimately lead to the end of this disease. "
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" You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it. "
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" I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats. "
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