Laura Linney Quotes

Cancer is the great equalizer. Everyone is affected by it either themselves or through loved ones.

We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love.

What chance has cancer against me?

Nobody talks about cancer until they have to, and then, it's really all you can talk about.

You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer.

Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.

'Hard Hit,' a YA collection of poems, explores the country of grief and survival. Mark, a 16-year-old boy and skilled pitcher, must confront the coming death of his beloved father with the help of his friends, family, baseball, and an idiosyncratic belief in God. I used my own experience of my parents' deaths to inform this journey.

My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity.

I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive a death sentence. They do have options, even if the person who gave them their diagnosis isn't aware of all of them. The path they choose doesn't have to be one of desperation.

The AIDS is a disease that is hard to talk about.

Cancer is a very real thing. it takes a lot of lives every year. It's something we can always pursue and try to find a cure, and try to raise money.

This disease of addiction has touched not just me but millions of Americans out there. Me being in the spotlight, I want to tell my story because there are a lot of misconceptions. I want to let people out there know that there's hope.

Bipolar disorder is so swept under the rug as a nation and, I think especially, by black people. It's not our culture to go get therapy. 'Give them medicine for what?' We put people in court, put them in court again, versus really paying attention to what it is they are going through.

You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.

You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.

Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.

Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

India has an enormous amount of AIDS awareness.

The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

There's nothing sexy about cancer.

Cancer affects all of us, whether you're a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.

While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden for a day, make some elderly woman on a bus smile or let them know they are noticed by someone.