Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwardswas an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth3 July 1949
CityJacksonville, FL
CountryUnited States of America
It's just a part of our nature to hope.
news tabloids
Tabloid news is tabloid news.
survivor fighter
You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.
country office president
At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.
people great-hope dies
A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.
gay thinking challenges
I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.
lines hoping-for-the-best willing
... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.
love moving-on grief
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
class population razors
We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the population.
treasure diagnosis this-life
This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.
cancer thinking intention
I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.
successful care reform
Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.
children wings giving
I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.
space boundaries metaphor
The photograph contains and constrains within its own boundaries, excluding all else, a microcosmic analogue of the framing of space which is knowledge. As such it becomes a metaphor of power, having the ability to appropriate and decontextualize time and space and those who exist within it.