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When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.
Christopher Reeve
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Christopher Reeve
Age: 52 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 25
Died: 2004
Died: October 10
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
New York City
New York
Christopher D'Olier Reeve
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Inadequacy
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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.
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Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.
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It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.
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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).
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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.
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there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it
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Maybe one way I am original is that at heart I really am a classical actor. I haven't had my chance yet in the commercial world to show that. Movies aren't really made about classical people so much any more.
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By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.
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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.
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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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Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.
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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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You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.
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I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.
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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.
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America is better when all of us take care of all of us.
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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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Once we choose hope, everything is possible.
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A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.
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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
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