Quotations

"Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are."

— Robert Redford, American actor, born August 18, 1936

"The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story."

— Robert Redford, American actor, born August 18, 1936

"One must respect black. Nothing prostitutes it."

— Odilon Redon, French painter, born April 20, 1840

"There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time."

— Lou Reed, American singer, born March 2, 1942

"I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?"

— Lou Reed, American singer, born March 2, 1942

"There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out."

— Lou Reed, American singer, died October 27, 2013

"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito."

— Betty Reese, American officer and pilot

"Each week, from a different point of view, you get another look at God, and that's exciting to me."

— Della Reese, American singer, born July 6, 1931

"Dana came into the room, she knelt down next to me and we made eye contact. I mouthed my first lucid words to her. “Maybe we should let me go.”

She said, “I’m only going to say this once. I will support whatever you want to do because this is your life. And your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what.”

Then she added the words that saved my life: 'you're still you. And I love you."

— Christopher Reeve, American actor, born 1952

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

— Christopher Reeve, American actor, born 1952

"Some of the choices in life will choose you. How you face those choices, these turns in the road, with what kind of attitude, more than the choices themselves, is what will define the context of your life."

— Dana Reeve, American actress, born 1961

"I took care of him in many ways, but he took care of me in so many ways. I demanded almost as much of our relationship after his disability as before-basically telling him: 'You need to be my husband. I am there to support you; you need to support me.' I think it kept our relationship alive. Because if I had given up and said, 'Oh, you're sick. I'm not going to ever ask anything of you,' it would've belittled him. He was a willing and loving participant in our relationship, and he was an incredible husband because of that."

— Dana Reeve, American actress, born 1961

"Knock the 't' off the 'can't'."

— George Reeves, American actor, born January 5, 1914

"When your arms are bigger than your head, something is wrong."

— Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor, born January 21, 1926