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" A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. "
Endure
Obstacles
Strength
" A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway. "
Weakness
Hero
Someone
" 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. "
Say
You
Your Body
" At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. "
First
Dreams
Inevitable
" Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out. "
Up
Motivational
Sell
" Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. "
End
Ocean
Go
" Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching. "
Try
Watching
Believe
" I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness. "
Congress
Awareness
Lucky
" I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis. "
I Am
Aging
Beginning
" I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college. "
High School
College
School
" I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken. "
More
Awareness
Find
" I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others. "
Done
Come
Years
" I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction. "
Said
Prediction
Never
" I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. "
Obstacles
Endure
Strength
" 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. "
Man
Summer
School
" It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been. "
Resist
Might
Harp
" It's important to me to say what I really mean. "
Mean
Really
Say
" I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never. "
Disabled
Dream
Had
" My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob. "
Great
Father
Responsibility
" Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. "
Accept
Wisdom
Absolutes
" So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. "
Will
Inevitable
Impossible
" Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am. "
More
Walking
People
" Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take. "
Success
More
Giving
" To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift. "
Touch
Really
Gift
" We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. "
Government
Speaking
People
" 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. "
Community
Day
Live
" 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. "
He
View
Hero
" You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile. "
Hand
Play
Think
" Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body. "
Spirit
Mind
Body
" 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. "
Yourself
Achievement
Responsibility
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