I'm painfully middle class. Valerie Harper More Quotes by Valerie Harper More Quotes From Valerie Harper However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle. Valerie Harper adoption motherhood inspirational Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully. Valerie Harper be-grateful grateful moments Life is amazing. Live it to the fullest. Stay as long as you can. Valerie Harper life-is-amazing life-is long I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others. Valerie Harper strong mother success I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now. Valerie Harper dying thinking When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I've also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn't hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead. Valerie Harper dancer sweat success Don't miss your life. Valerie Harper cancer fighting missing Don't go to the funeral until the day of the funeral - live this day. Valerie Harper this-day funeral I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it. Valerie Harper actresses ego stars Dessert doesn't count if you eat under an assumed identity. Valerie Harper dessert identity ifs In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and another character. My Second City (improvisation) background comes in very handy for accent and body posture. Valerie Harper body cities character The disease I have is quite a rare cancer and it is located in a limited area -- a very widespread area, but narrow, so a lot can happen if the cancer starts getting really aggressive, pressing on parts of the brain and causing me to lose either my speech or my ability to think, etc. Valerie Harper entertainment My husband was the one who caught it, my husband was the one who got it going. My husband is the one who got me in the hospital. It was incredible. Valerie Harper entertainment The doctors can give you only their guesstimate of what they see with this disease. I have been extremely lucky. Yet, it’s still terminal and incurable – ‘so far,’ as my husband, Tony says. if I had to choose between walking across the street and getting hit by car and killed – boom – just like that, or knowing what’s coming, I’d take this. Valerie Harper entertainment Every day they are coming up with new stuff, there’s now an immunotherapy that builds up your immune system to fight the cancer… I want to make sure that people understand there are possibilities. I’m a perfect person to tell people not to give up. Valerie Harper entertainment Forgiving is giving up the wish that things could have been different. They weren't. That's the past. Let it go. Valerie Harper giving-up wish giving past Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate. Valerie Harper celebrate power beauty life Really appreciate the sunset as you're driving home, cursing all the terrible drivers on the road. Be where you are when you're there rather than out there in the future or back there in the past. Valerie Harper you sunset future home Cancer reminds me of a very bad but tenacious performer who, although no one wants to see, insists on doing an encore, having a return engagement, making a comeback and, worst of all, going on tour. Valerie Harper doing bad me comeback Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character. Valerie Harper something you knowing character
