Christopher Reeve Quotes - Page 2

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• I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset."

  Christopher Reeve

  Ignorance, Giving, Neurosurgeons

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• Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

  Christopher Reeve

  Change, Trying, Looks

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• I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

  Christopher Reeve

  Wonder

  Christopher Reeve (2009). “Still Me”, p.53, Random House

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

  Christopher Reeve

  Wisdom, Acceptance, Thinking

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

  Christopher Reeve

  Uplifting, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

  Christopher Reeve

  Powerful, Moving, Mean

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• Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

  Christopher Reeve

  Heart, Mind, Body

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• You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.

  Christopher Reeve

  Dream, Should Have, Should

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• A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.

  Christopher Reeve

  Hero, Ordinary, Way

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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.

  Christopher Reeve

  Thinking, Voice, Listening

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Life, Ocean

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

  Christopher Reeve

  Mind, Body, Spirit

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

  Christopher Reeve

  Accepting, Ultimatum, Conventional Wisdom

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• We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Self

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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.

  Christopher Reeve

  Time, Moving, Health

  Christopher Reeve Testimony, www.chrisreevehomepage.com. April 14, 1999.

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

  Christopher Reeve

  Able, Feels

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• America is better when all of us take care of all of us.

  Christopher Reeve

  America, Care, Take Care

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• When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

  Christopher Reeve

  Hero, Adversity, Thinking

  "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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• When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.

  Christopher Reeve

  Father, Responsibility, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.

  Christopher Reeve

  Advice, Needs, Necks

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• In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.

  Christopher Reeve

  Vocabulary, People, Half

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You can do anything you think you can.

  Christopher Reeve

  Perseverance, Thinking, Persevere

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• Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.

  Christopher Reeve

  Lexicon, Impossible, Scientist

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• I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.

  Christopher Reeve

  People, Able, Impatient

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• Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.

  Christopher Reeve

  Real, Teenager, Thinking

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