You have to look life in the face, doing what you can where you can. Valerie Harper More Quotes by Valerie Harper More Quotes From Valerie Harper Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character. Valerie Harper somethingyouknowingcharacter I've had very deep moments of sadness. What I do is really sob, really cry, do whatever it is, and then kind of release it. Then I can go cook dinner or make a phone call to a friend. Valerie Harper phone-callfrienddinnersadness Whatever happens, who cares. Valerie Harper whateverwhowho-careshappens Mine's called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. It's incurable. It's terminal. And it's in a tiny space - a huge area all around the brain and up and down the spine. But it's small area where the spinal fluid is. It's microscopic. You can't see it. It isn't lumps that they can say, 'Oh we can zap that.' Valerie Harper downyouspacebrain I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go to the funeral before the day of the funeral. Valerie Harper daygoknowdeath I love sitting at home. I love laying in bed watching television. Valerie Harper sittinghomelovetelevision Every five minutes, every hour, every day, every year that you waste worrying about your cancer - you have forfeited time that you could have been alive having fun. Valerie Harper dayyoutimefun I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor. Valerie Harper thinkyoucomedyhumor Luck is not an acceptable substitute for early detection. Valerie Harper substituteearlydetectionluck It's really important that we don't hang up the membership to the human community at menopause. Valerie Harper humanupcommunityimportant I have an intention to live each moment fully. Valerie Harper eachlivemomentintention Don't waste the time you do have. Valerie Harper youwastetime Keep your chin up, and don't go to the funeral - mine or yours or your loved one's - until the day of the funeral because then you miss the life that you have left. Valerie Harper loveddayyoulife I've always felt very strongly about human rights for blacks, women, and gays. Our Constitution is about equality for all - that's got to mean something to all of us. Valerie Harper alwaysequalityconstitutionwomen When I wake up in the morning, I don't say, 'Oh, I have cancer. I say 'Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good.' Valerie Harper daygoodyoumorning Stop working so hard at being interesting and focus on what's outside yourself. There are universes out there that need to be explored. And, an interested person is extremely interesting. Valerie Harper stoppersonyourselffocus We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive. Valerie Harper gettingusoutalive Life does not owe me a shred. Valerie Harper owedoesmelife Actors often want to look like they're comfortable. You want to go into an audition saying, 'I'm your gal. I'm what you need.' Yet you don't want to push. Valerie Harper pushsayinglookyou Miracles occur, or people die the next day. Valerie Harper miraclesdiedaypeople
