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Christopher Reeve

Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements. In particular, he is best known for his motion picture portrayal of the classic DC comic book superhero Superman, beginning with the acclaimed Superman (1978), for which he won a BAFTA Award.

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All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

Body, Keep, Problem, Shape, Shapes, Solving

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.

Hoped, Prediction, Predictions, Said, Stand

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.

Listening, Noise, Shut, Think, Thinking, Voice

If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.

Happens, Inspirational, Nothing, Vision

What can I do today to take a step forward?

Forward, Step, Steps, Steps Forward, Take, Today

Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.

Atmosphere, Available, College, Real, Toward

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.

Character, Closer, Prove, Ready, Results, Take

You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling). . . that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).

Essence, Learn, Movies, Sports, Stuff

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

Awareness, Guy, Lucky, Raise, Testify

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

Choice, Choices, Inevitable, Misery, Pain

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.

Day, Health, Injury, Move, Moving, Time

You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn't an achievement.

Achievement, Hung, Looks, Present, Responsibility, Take

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

Activate, Change, Look, Looks, Trying, Vegetate

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.

Conscience, Father, Long, Reflect, Responsibility

If we don't dream of the possible, the possible never happens.

Dream, Happens, Ifs, Possible

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that's nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too.

Leading, Men, Nine, Old, School, Summer

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.

Real, Relationships, Teenager, Thinking, Time

The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can. . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.

Friendship, Giving, Key, Keys, Putting, Remembering

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

Absolutes, Accepting, Conventional, Conventional Wisdom, Ultimatum, Ultimatums

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

Ahead, Doubt, Hero, Knowing

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