Teri GarrYou have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.371Humor
Teri GarrTake a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. ✨ Multiple Sclerosis. Online chat, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.372Life
Teri GarrI have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really don't know what the answer is. I am a private person, but I have found support by talking to fellow… ▶362Philosophy
Teri GarrI understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.366Humanity
Teri GarrThere's always going to be somebody worse off than me322Truth
Teri GarrI've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting?334Hope
Teri GarrMS doesn't define who I am. ✨ Multiple Sclerosis. Online chat, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.379Sadness
Teri GarrI remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh! And I said, It's ciao! Aren't you Italian? … ▶357DeathReading
Teri GarrI was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie. … ▶326Humor
Teri GarrOddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.337Life
Teri GarrI refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. ✨ Multiple Sclerosis. Online chat, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.294Philosophy
Teri GarrI go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.262Philosophy
Teri GarrThere were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.307Humanity
Teri GarrI take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif. ✨ Multiple Sclerosis. The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.274Thought
Teri GarrSeventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women285Sadness
Teri GarrYou have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.286Humor
Teri GarrIn addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate242Reading
Teri GarrMy doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.232Humor
Teri GarrSomeday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out.3010Philosophy
Teri GarrI'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.233HumanityPolitics
Teri GarrNo matter how bad the truth is, it doesn't tear you apart inside like dishonesty.266Truth
Teri GarrSandy: Boy, you must really think I'm stupid or something. Jeff: Ahh, no one would call you stupid, to your face.244Thought
Teri GarrI've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometim… ▶224Time
Teri GarrI do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.257Reflection
Teri GarrWhen you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But… ▶224HumanityLifeThought
Teri GarrI have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things. ✨ Multiple Sclerosis. The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.258Reflection
Teri GarrI think eventually they're going to find out that MS is like 10 different things. I have a neurological disease something like MS, and it's MS, so let's take medicine for it2710Thought
Teri GarrI have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves. ✨ Multiple Sclerosi… ▶193HumanityLife
Teri GarrIf there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled… ▶237HumanityHumor
Teri GarrI have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting2310Thought
