Quotes.gg
Home
Tags
Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Imprint
Made by
Last Media
Ryan White
Popular Posts
#Tags
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
- Ryan White
#Facts
#Listening
#Medical
#People
My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.
- Ryan White
#Family
#Hatred
#Ignorance
#Own
#People
Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
- Ryan White
#Fighter
#Goals
#I Am
#Live
#Myself
Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
- Ryan White
#Attend
#Prejudice
#Right
#School
#Still
Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.
- Ryan White
#Giving
#Me
#Stars
#Started
#Support
Even at church, people would not shake my hand.
- Ryan White
#Church
#Even
#People
#Shake
#Would
Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
- Ryan White
#Against
#AIDS
#Battle
#Discrimination
My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
- Ryan White
#I Am
#Name
#Old
#White
#Years
Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
- Ryan White
#Financial
#Good
#Hardships
#Job
#Mom
My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.
- Ryan White
#Honor
#Important
#Just
#Me
#Role
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
- Ryan White
#Blood
#Down
#Twice
#Week
#Would
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.
- Ryan White
#Facts
#Heights
#Me
#Parents
#School
Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.
- Ryan White
#Discrimination
#Education
#Fear
#Me
A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.
- Ryan White
#Life
#My Life
#Planning
#Thinking
#Time
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
- Ryan White
#Brought
#Interviews
#Media
#News
#Public
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.
- Ryan White
#Mom
#Mother
#Troublemaker
#Welcome
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
#Keep Going
#Me
#Mom
#Yourself
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.
- Ryan White
#Education
#Faith
#Family
#Patience
Load More
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
Allow cookies