"All it means is whatever I do is a little bit harder and probably a little bit slower. And that's basically it. Everybody has their cross to bear - everybody." Charles Krauthammer March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer becme permanently paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5. After spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to medical school, graduating to become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III in 1980. He joined the Carter administration in 1978 as a director of psychiatric research, eventually becoming the speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Krauthammer embarked on a career as a columnist and political commentator. In 1985, he began writing a weekly editorial for The Washington Post, which earned him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his "witty and insightful columns on national issues."
"I have never been disabled in my dreams." Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), US actor. He starred in the Superman movie series 1978–87, as well as other movies such as Somewhere in Time (1980), Deathtrap (1982), and Rear Window (1998). A horseback riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down, after which he became a prominent advocate for public awareness of and research support for spinal cord injuries.
"I made a promise to myself on day one [after my injury]. I was not going to allow it to alter my life."Charles Krauthammer March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer becme permanently paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5. After spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to medical school, graduating to become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III in 1980. He joined the Carter administration in 1978 as a director of psychiatric research, eventually becoming the speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Krauthammer embarked on a career as a columnist and political commentator. In 1985, he began writing a weekly editorial for The Washington Post, which earned him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his "witty and insightful columns on national issues."
"It's very easy to be characterized by the externalities in your life. I dislike people focusing on it. I made a vow when I was injured that it would never be what would characterize my life. I don't want it to be the first line of my obituary. It it is, that will be a failure." Charles Krauthammer March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer becme permanently paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5. After spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to medical school, graduating to become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III in 1980. He joined the Carter administration in 1978 as a director of psychiatric research, eventually becoming the speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Krauthammer embarked on a career as a columnist and political commentator. In 1985, he began writing a weekly editorial for The Washington Post, which earned him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his "witty and insightful columns on national issues."
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.
"Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh because I'm blind, I cannot - and I won't! Fanny Crosby, March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915) was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. A member of the Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, she wrote many hymns together with her pastor, Robert Lowry. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with over 100 million copies printed, despite being blind from shortly after birth.
"There is a wonder in reading braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back."Jim Fiebig - born James Robert Fiebig on August 17, 1962, in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American businessman.
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