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"This act is as horrible as killing a cancer cell. It must be done for the sake of the future of the whole. So be it: be prepared for the selection process which is now beginning. We, the elders, have been patiently waiting until the very last moment before the quantum transformation, to take action to cut out this corrupted and corrupting element in the body of humanity. It is like watching a cancer grow; something must be done before the whole body is destroyed... The destructive one fourth must be eliminated from the social body."

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Emile M. Cioran Philosopher, Essayist
Cancer

"Trees are massacred, houses go up — faces, faces everywhere. Man is spreading. Man is the cancer of the earth."

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John Dean Politician
Cancer

"I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
Cancer

"I will live a hope-filled life every day. I will handle my problems as opportunities in a different, more effective manner, based on the power of advanced mathematics; "You + God = Enough"

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Stuart Scott Sports Journalist, Broadcaster
Cancer

"Every day, I am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. So live. Live! Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Cancer

"If you are having the experience of anxiety, your body is making adrenaline and cortisone, if you are having the experience of tranquility, your body starts making valium, if you are having the experience of exhilaration and joy, your body makes interleukins and interferons which are powerful anti-cancer drugs. So, your body is constantly converting your experiences into molecules."

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Patch Adams Physician, Comedian
Cancer

"Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals, improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!"

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John Robbins Author, Activist
Cancer

"Studies indicate that vegetarians often have lower morbidity and mortality rates. . . . Not only is mortality from coronary artery disease lower in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians, but vegetarian diets have also been successful in arresting coronary artery disease. Scientific data suggest positive relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer."

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Paul Simon Musician, Songwriter
Cancer

"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains."

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
Cancer

""All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat, the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind." There was a long silence. "I claim them all," said the Savage at last."

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Cancer

"Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there's no way to stop them. I'm out of control."

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Hippocrates Physician
Cancer

"It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time."

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