Christopher Reeve
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"Screen Actor Guild Award" (1998), "Emmy Award" (1997), "Lasker Award" (2003)

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"Christopher D'Olier Reeve" (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) 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.

On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse during an Equestrianism/equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and a portable ventilator to breathe for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with Spinal-cord injury/spinal-cord injuries and for human embryonic stem cell research, founding the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center.

Reeve married Dana Reeve/Dana Morosini in April 1992. Christopher and Dana's son, William Elliot Reeve, was born on June 7, 1992. Reeve also had two children, Matthew Exton Reeve (born 1979) and Alexandra Exton Reeve (born 1983), from his relationship with Gae Exton. In October 2004, Reeve died suddenly of cardiac arrest while co-directing Everyone's Hero.

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

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

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

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

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.

So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.

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

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have – and you don't have to be a 'Superman' to do it.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

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

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery.

You've got to give more than you take.