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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

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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.

Celebrities in Hell (2002)

Superman is nothing more than a popular retelling of the Christ story, or Greek mythology.

Caught in the Act : New York Actors Face to Face (1986)

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

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them.

Still Me (1999)

The key word for me on him is "inspiration." He is a leader by inspiration. He sets an example.

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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From now on, everything in life will appear blurry to me. What’s the point of wiping my glasses when my vision has already left me?"

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You can never plan the future by the past.

Edmund Burke A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly (1791)

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal now does always last.

Abraham Cowley Poems (1656)

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