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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Superman's widow dies

Wel.. I don't really like the title cuz I think it does not give enough credit to Dana Reeve. Anyhow, in case the title does not already ring a bell, Dana Reeve is the wife of late Christopher Reeve, the man better known as Superman for his leading role in the movie (but of course) Superman.

I admit that I didn't know much about this lady until I read the article in the Straits Times today. I am considerably moved by what has been said about her. She was 44. Here are some excerpts from the article:

"The singer and actress died on Monday, 1 1/2 years after her husband died at 52, and seven months after announcing that she had been diagnosed with cancer."

"After her husband's 1995 riding accident transformed him into an inspirational figure for the severely disabled, Dana saw her own previously obscure reputation grow enormously. She was seen as brave and stalwart supporter of her husband's determination to recover physically and emotionally; he was unable to breath without a respirator because of spinal cord damage."

"In his autobiography Still Me, he wrote that he suggested early on to his wife: 'Maybe we should let me go.' She responded: 'I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you and I love you.' Those were 'the words that saved my life', he said."

"The causes he began to embrace, ....... , became her own."

"When the actor died in October 2004, she assumed chairmanship of the foundation. [Christopher Reeve Foundation]"

"She was also a founder of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center."

"She especially loathed being called a 'saint', telling Good Housekeeping magazine: "It bothers me to be thought of that way. Of course I'm doing this. What other option is there? What happened was a truly terrifying, life-altering thing, and my initial response was just like being hit by a bucket of water."

I feel that few women are capable of Dana Reeve's devotion and loyalty to her husband. There's nothing much to say but to grief for the loss of such a beautiful lady.

Then again, I remember a certain comment made by a colleague, "People die already, of course everything good lah. Where got say bad one.."

I would have just copied and paste the soft of the article if a certain major newspaper in Singapore hasn't introduced a subscription fee for use of their online archive.. Bloody money minded asses! are the fees for ads not enough for their circulation!?!?!

On a separate note, thanks to one of my friend, Mr. Chng, "Brokeback Mountain" is now a term used in replacement of the term "gay". For example, "That guy very gay leh." is now, "That guy very Brokeback mountain like that."

The Origin. 3/09/2006 09:51:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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