More than 90% of cancers are curable at stage one – look for them, look for them, look for them. Yael Cohen Cancers • Curable • Look • More • Stage • Than • Them
I think I'm generally more inspired when I'm away from technology. Whether that is on a beach somewhere or just in your room with your phones and screens shut off, I think that quietness is often very inspiring. Yael Cohen Beach • Beach Somewhere • More • Phones • Room • Shut • Technology • Think • Whether
I'm pretty sure my mom is the only person on the planet who thinks that she got cancer so that I could find my calling in life, but as I started to build this company, all my years of useless education, random jobs, and weird interests merged into this serendipitous moment. Yael Cohen Education • Life • Mom • Moment • Person • Planet • Pretty Sure • Random • Thinks
There have been so many incredible moments since the start of this organization. One that stands out specifically is when an anonymous businessman triple-matched our donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering after our NYC event. Yael Cohen Anonymous Businessman • Donation • Many • Memorial Sloan • Moments • NYC • Organization • Specifically • Start
Nobody talks about cancer until they have to, and then, it's really all you can talk about. Yael Cohen About • Cancer • Nobody • Nobody Talks • Talk • Then • You
One of the most beautiful experiences our family shared was feeling the love and bond that came to life when my mother was battling her ovarian cancer. In a way, it brought our family together and opened up relationships and a closeness that was not felt before her diagnosis. Yael Cohen Beautiful • Beautiful Experiences • Closeness • Family • Life • Love • Mother • Way
I am always personalizing tees to fit my personality, cutting off rocker shirts, debunking the mold of what traditional 'work wear' means, and always wearing my cause. Yael Cohen Always • I Am • Mold • Personality • Rocker Shirts • Tees • Wear • Work
When I graduated, I promptly took a job in finance, making both my pre-med and poli-sci years essentially useless – or so I thought. Yael Cohen Finance • Job • Thought • Useless • Years
I was going to be a doctor since I was three, so I was pre-med in college. Everything I did, every class I took, pointed toward the 'holy M.D.' Friends were taking wine-tasting classes, studying human sexuality, or redefining their views of the world in poli-sci, and I was memorizing anatomy and crying over o-chem. Yael Cohen College • Doctor • Every Class • Everything • Friends • Holy • Human Sexuality • Three • Winetasting • World
I start every morning off with a green juice, because I think it's really important to be alkalined, and then I work out. We teach people that you need to find that balance and that what you put into your body is directly affecting your health. Yael Cohen Balance • Body • Directly • Every • Green Juice • Health • Morning • People • Really Important • Work
At night, I don't do business meetings, because I think it sends the wrong message. I do dinner with friends, game night, or concerts. Yael Cohen Business • Business Meetings • Dinner • Friends • Game • Night
Sometimes I'll hike in the afternoon if I have meetings with New York in the morning. Yael Cohen Afternoon • Hike • Meetings • Morning • New • New York • Sometimes
I spend time on campaign creation and implementation, anything from sitting down with the agency or with creative companies. I also meet with supporters. We've been really lucky to have various high-profile supporters. Yael Cohen Agency • Anything • Campaign Creation • Creative • Creative Companies • Down • Lucky • Meet • Supporters • Time • Various Highprofile Supporters
The first step is really getting our generation to talk to our parents about cancer. Because our research has shown that parents are much more likely to get that diagnostic test or stay on top of their risk profile if it comes from a child. Yael Cohen Cancer • Child • Diagnostic • First Step • Generation • Much • Parents • Research • Risk • Shown • Step • Top
The fact that my mother's life was cut short is something that pushes me to always move forward and live the best life I possibly can. In a way, I feel like I can take her along with me through every experience, and in that sense, her beautiful energy and spirit will live on. Yael Cohen Beautiful • Best • Cut Short • Every Experience • Feel • Forward • Life • Live • Me • Mother • Sense • Something • Way
We want to keep creating the biggest impact we can in the cancer space by focuses on prevention, early detection, and psychosocial support. Yael Cohen Biggest Impact • Cancer Space • Detection • Early • Focuses • Impact • Prevention • Space • Support • Want
Cancer is something none of us are prepared to deal with. We're here to help people through the process. Yael Cohen Cancer • Deal • Help • People • Process • Something None • Us
We get so obsessed with our body, but when you have cancer, you forget your mind and your soul and your relationships are all affected. We will continue to build on and create more resources on topics like, 'How do you talk about cancer?' Yael Cohen Body • Build • Cancer • Mind • Relationships • Soul • Topics • You
How do you support someone with cancer? How do you ask for the help you need? Yael Cohen Ask • Cancer • Help • Need • Someone • Support • You
I wanted to create a movement and a safe space for people to come and find their 'cancer home.' Yael Cohen Cancer Home • Create • Find • Home • Movement • People • Safe • Safe Space • Space
I never intended on starting a charity; I never intended on cancer, health, and wellness becoming my life. Yael Cohen Cancer Health • Charity • Health • Life • My Life • Wellness
Our parents, loved ones, and friends are getting cancer. So we need to know how to care for them, support them, and understand what the hell is going on. I don't think it's that hard to reach them: you have to go where they are – online. You have to speak their language – humour, wit, and edge. And you have to be honest, authentic and bold. Yael Cohen Bold • Cancer • Care • Friends • Hard • Hell • Honest Authentic • Language Humour Wit • Loved • Online • Parents • Support
StandWith has two main functions: first, updates which allows the caregiver to send out patient updates to their community in a simple way that eliminated dozens of texts, emails and calls. The second is tasks. A caregiver can request a task to be fulfilled and their community can self-select which they complete based off their abilities and means. Yael Cohen Caregiver • Community • Patient • Second • Simple • StandWith • Task • Two Main Functions First Updates • Way
I think that we get so distracted with our smartphones… It takes your body and your brain time to switch between tasks. If we can focus on what we're doing, we'll be more productive at that task. Yael Cohen Body • Brain • Brain Time • Doing • Focus • Productive • Smartphones • Task • Think • Time
'Washio' provides laundry and dry cleaning on demand. They pick it up, clean it, and return it within 24 hours – and often with a cookie. No more forgetting to pick up the dry-cleaning or wasting time in line. Yael Cohen Clean • Cleaning • Cookie • Drycleaning • Hours • Laundry • Line • Pick • Time • Washio Provides
'Postmates' will provide you with any food you can imagine – delivered. Frozen yogurt craving? Need coffee and no time to run? Last minute dinner guests and no food in the house? They take care of it all. Easy and awesome. I'm a fan. Yael Cohen Care • Coffee • Craving • Dinner • Fan • Food • Frozen • Guests • House • Last Minute • Postmates • Time • You
Having been a caregiver more times than I care to count, 'StandWith' lets caregivers and patients easily update their community and post targeted tasks that community members can accept. Yael Cohen Accept • Care • Caregiver • Caregivers • Community • Count • More • Patients • StandWith • Times
How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it. W. Averell Harriman Amount • Giving • Hoffman • Justify Giving • Money • Said • Support • Up • You
The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. W. Averell Harriman Effort • LendLease • Number • Plants • Russians • Thought • War • Washington
Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe. W. Averell Harriman Congress • Direction • Direction Congress • Down • Marshall Plan • Plan • Ready • Second Authorization Act • Whole Preamble
It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover. W. Averell Harriman Communist • Disaster • Marshall Plan • Me • Never • Plan • Program
We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. W. Averell Harriman Back • Fight • Germans • Go • Never • Stalin • Surrender • Urals • Us • Wrong
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. W. Averell Harriman Always • Conferences • Courteous • Foreign Ministers • Left • Level • Namecalling • Top • Top Level
The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them. W. Averell Harriman Alone • Better • Biggest Trade • Germany • Prewar • Right • Think • Trade • Two • Two Highly Industrialized Nations
Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement. W. Averell Harriman Agreement • Broken • Determined • Eastern • Over • Poland • Roosevelt • Stalin • Stop • Thought
The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease. W. Averell Harriman Advantage • LendLease • Often • Russians • Took
I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States. W. Averell Harriman Accept • Business • Certain Restrictions • Great • Great Dollar Shortage • More • Prosperous • Quite Clear • Quite Ready • Ready • United States
The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. W. Averell Harriman Almost • Attitude • Everybody • International • War
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke. W. Averell Harriman Americans • Difficulties • Drink • Go • Movies • Russia
We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held. W. Averell Harriman Awful • Brutality • Convinced • Great • Great War • He • Leader • Never • Regardless • Reign • Stalin • Terror • War
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia. W. Averell Harriman Aid • Away • Britain • First • Much • Real • Real Way • Recovery • Russia • Sense Britain Participated • Way
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again. W. Averell Harriman Afford • Build • Clear • Fear • Germany • Him • Many Times • Me • See • Stalin • Twice • United Germany • Want
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. W. Averell Harriman Day • Europe • Every • Every Day • Myth • Roosevelt • Roosevelt Every Day • Yalta
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world. W. Averell Harriman Afraid • Awe • Certain Awe • He • Influence • Roosevelt • Sort • Stalin • Think • Whenever Roosevelt Spoke • World
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements. W. Averell Harriman British • Influence • Military • Much • Period • Possible • War
We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe. W. Averell Harriman Barriers • Breakdown • Europe • Europe First • Feet • Help • Hope • Talking • Trade Barriers
Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce. W. Averell Harriman Actually • Banker • Board • Certain Amount • Europe • Experience • International • Interwar Period
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since. W. Averell Harriman Change • Country • Isolationism • Leadership • Never • One • Policy • Roosevelt • Terrific Revolution • Vision • World • World Leadership
Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland. W. Averell Harriman Control • Country • Course • Europe • Invasion Route • Key • Key Country • Me • Plains • Poland • Remember • Stalin
I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over. W. Averell Harriman Available • May • Mind • Much • Need • Over • Telegrams • Think • War
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