Christopher Reeve Quotes

• Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they’re more paralyzed than I am.

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• What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that’s how I approached the part.

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• I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

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• To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.

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• At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.

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• I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.

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• Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.

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• Even though I don’t personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

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• You’ve got to give more than you take.

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• You play the hand you’re dealt. I think the game’s worthwhile.

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• We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community’s vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.

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• I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don’t know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.

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• Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

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Christopher Reeve (33)

Birth:	25th September, 1952
Death:	10th October, 2004
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actor, Author, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born in New York City. He was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author, and activist. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, in particular his motion picture portrayal of the comic book superhero Superman. Reeve received a full-season contract with the San Diego Shakespeare Festival, with roles as Edward IV in Richard III, Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Dumaine in Love's Labour's Lost at the Old Globe Theatre. Reeve's first role in a Hollywood film was a small part as a submarine officer in the 1978 naval disaster movie Gray Lady Down.

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