When I was first diagnosed, I went out, as a book person, and got some books on cancer and looked up my version of the disease. It said that I had about a 5 percent chance of survival. I said, 'Gosh, well, it's been a good run.' What I didn't realize is that in the two years since those books were published, things had shifted dramatically.
タグ: survival, book, chance, good

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I'm sorry to say cancer can kill you, but it doesn't make you a better person.
タグ: person, better, sorry, you
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.
タグ: women, privilege, men, humor, feminism
Guns do kill. Unlike cars, that is all they do.
タグ: guns
There's been a lot of experience with torture in history. It doesn't work.
タグ: been, experience, history, work
People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.
タグ: nice, real, know, people
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