Celebrity Quotes

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.
My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.
On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.
People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.
The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.
We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.
For me, it was a revelation. There, was revealed a completely different Anne to the child that I had lost. I had no idea of the depths of her thoughts and feelings.
I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.
We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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