Betty Rollin

(1936–2023) Journalist United States

11 quotes in 78 categories

Betty Rollin was a journalist from the United States, best known for First, you cry.

Quick Facts About Betty Rollin

Born: January 3, 1936
Died: November 7, 2023
Nationality: United States
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: First, you cry
Spouse: Harold Edwards

About Betty Rollin

Betty Rollin was an American journalist and author who was an NBC News correspondent. As a reporter, she won both the DuPont and Emmy awards, and she contributed reports for PBS. She also wrote two memoirs: First, You Cry, about her experiences with breast cancer, and Last Wish, about her mother having terminal cancer and helping her die through assisted suicide.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Betty Rollin

[On her mastectomy:] Pity is delicious. I was crazy about the pity I got. It was the best kind, too. I did…

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Crazy

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Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not…

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Differences

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Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use…

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Being a mother

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Disease may score a direct hit on only one member of a family, but shrapnel tears the flesh of the others.

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Direct

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... to be afraid is in a way to be hopeful, because to be afraid means that you haven't given up. You…

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Fear

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“Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object, the difference is that is not…

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Feminism

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“Women have childbearing equipment. To choose not to use the equipment is no more blocking what is instinctive than it is for…

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Weight Lift

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unlike a disappointing marriage, disappointing motherhood cannot be terminated by divorce.

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Disappointing

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[On her mastectomy:] Fact is, I'm the same car I always was, except now I have a dent in my fender.

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Cancer

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in my mother's ferocious striving to give me 'everything,' she had never considered that giving me 'everything' would make me (1) different…

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Built

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The notion that the maternal wish and the activity of mothering are instinctive or biologically predestined is baloney.

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Activity

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