Katie Piper Quotes

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

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

I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary.

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.

My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.

Kids are our future.

Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.

Kids threw rocks at me, told me I was ugly and left death threats in my locker.

Going into hospitals and being able to meet kids that are in similar situations to those that the characters are facing in the 'Red Band Society' allows us to see the truth of these real humans' lives.

This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.

As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.

When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, my middle school friends and myself really had no idea the impact of that diagnosis, but my family did.

Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and boundaries we create and how to make them more permeable.

This city of East St. Louis needs a tomorrow.

Safe Schools lets young people who identify as gay know that they have every right to be accepted and respected for who they are. We should never underestimate how important this message is - or the consequences of trying to shout it down.

Anybody who has cancer, they take it one day at a time.

I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school.

Our veterans only deserve the highest standard of health care quality.

The Republican Party has to be the party of optimism and giving our children a better starting point. We have to make sure we're broader, more inclusive, and reaching out to every community.

I've been bullied a few times in school.

We all want to be affiliated with success. It's the impulse of people who have been excluded, and Koreans have been excluded from lots of parties.

There is nothing more valuable than to be healthy and to have the hope of living a better day tomorrow.

Any society that is silencing its women has no future.

Man himself has become our greatest hazard and our only hope. So that today, St. John the apostle may well be paraphrased: In the end is the Word, and the Word is Man - and the Word is with Men.