"I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family."

Family, Cancer, Care, Living

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"I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family."

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"In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally."

Fitness, Cancer, Exercise

"I am a private person and that has always been my personality."

Personality,

"I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace."

Peace, Family, Media, Newspapers

"For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little tired. I haven't lost any weight."

Food, Weight

"You go into the disease as one person and come out of it as a different person. It has changed my perspective on everything. Things that used to upset me no longer do."

Health, Disease, Perspective

"The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running."

Health, Injury, Running, Stress

"One day you are happy and laughing and the next you are crying."

Life, Day

"What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself."

Inspirational, Inspiration, Goals

"Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can."

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"I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant."

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"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

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"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

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"I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Barack Obama, American President

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"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."

Barack Obama, American President

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"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable."

Diane Abbott, British Politician

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"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."

Dean Acheson, American Statesman

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"Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country."

John Acton, English Historian

Family, Mother, Being, Constitution, Country

"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family."

Gary Ackerman, American Politician

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