Ryan White Quotes

Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.
Ryan White

Education, Fear, Lies

Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
Ryan White

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.
Ryan White

School, Forward, High

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
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Old, Name, White

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
Ryan White

Rumors, Tears, Aids

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.
Ryan White

Family, Mom, Yourself

A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.
Ryan White

Life, Time, Thinking

Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.
Ryan White

Giving, Stars, Support

Even at church, people would not shake my hand.
Ryan White

Church, Hand, Shake

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
Ryan White

School, Won, Prejudice

Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
Ryan White

Live, High, Fighter

How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
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Afraid, Whole, Public

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.
Ryan White

Death, Old, Face

I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.
Ryan White

School, Around, Wanted

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.
Ryan White

Mom, Mother, Welcome

Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
Ryan White

Medical, Enough, Wanted

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
Ryan White

Give, Support, Public

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
Ryan White

Battle, Against, Aids

My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.
Ryan White

Family, Ignorance, Hatred

My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.
Ryan White

Important, Honor, Role

People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
Ryan White

Leave, Sit, Anywhere

The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
Ryan White

Life, Five, Six

The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.
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School, Person, Said

This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
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Public, Media, News

Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
Ryan White

Down, Week, Blood

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: December 6, 1971

Died: April 8, 1990

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