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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender? What sort of character did I hope to show? Was I content with myself and what I had done with my life so far? I decided that I was essentially a good person, although I could have been better--but at the same time I understood that the cancer did..
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The question that lingers is, how much was I a factor in my own survival, and how much was science, and how much miracle? I don't have the answer to that question. Other people look to me for the answer, I know. But if I could answer it, we would have the cure for cancer, and what's more, we would fathom the true meaning of our existences. I can deliver motivation, inspiration, hope, courage, and counsel, but I can't answer the unknowable. ..
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Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins |
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I've learned how to take out my own stitches: all you need is a pair of fingernail clippers & a strong stomach.
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Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins |
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If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.
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Lance Armstrong |
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Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear.
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All their players tested positive... for being assholes.
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