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" Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.' "
Teri Garr
Nothing
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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 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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" In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate. "
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" Having to manage fatigue is something I and many people with MS have to deal with, and heat is no friend to my MS, either; it can be devastating. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh. "
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" I feel ashamed of how many houses I've actually crept inside of when they were up for sale. I'm not a snoop, but I love looking and imagining. "
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" There's always going to be somebody worse off than me. "
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" I plan to live to be 120! "
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" I loved the stories my parents and grandparents would read to me. "
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" Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women. "
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" There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that. "
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Way
Balloon
" God is in all - I believe in God, yes. And I believe God is in us. "
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I Believe
Us
Yes
" 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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Good
Me
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" I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it. "
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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 went to North Hollywood High. I'm the original Val girl. "
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High
Hollywood
" Directors would tell me, 'We want you to play a character a little less complex than you are.' Yeah, sure. What they mean is, 'You're playing a dummy.' "
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Want
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" I think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking. "
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" You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it. "
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" I feel very badly about anybody that's sick and in a wheelchair or not doing well. But you know, you have to go, 'Life is a poker game, and we're going to play our cards somehow.' "
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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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" 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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" The whole MS stuff put the kibosh on my career. And I sort of let it go. I even have a friend who went to CBS and said, 'I want Teri Garr to be in this series,' and the head of the network said, 'Oh no, she's got MS.' "
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" Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends. "
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