Chris Burke Quotes

• It’s not our disabilities, it’s our abilities that count.

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• I’m just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.

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• I want to be a professional.

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• I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.’ Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that’s worthwhile.

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• I could make a difference.

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• Being a son, brother, uncle and brother-in-law is all I care about.

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• I just want to be like other people that are normal.

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• Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life.

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• Don’t give up on the child. Give the child an education. Give them daily love.

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• I don’t really have Down’s syndrome; I just have a slight case of it.

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• I want to do theater and I am looking forward to doing more Television and Movies. I also want to direct some plays in theater workshops for people with disabilities.

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• I don’t like to be different; I would like to be the same.

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• I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn’t really born with a singing voice, but my friends Joe and John taught me how to sing.

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• I’d like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down’s syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.

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• To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television.

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Chris Burke (15)

Birth:	26th August, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Singer

About

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Burke was born in Point Lookout, New York. He is an American actor and folk singer. He has become best known for his character Charles "Corky" Thacher on the television series Life Goes On.  He got his first professional acting job in 1987 in the ABC TV movie Desperate. He has been the Goodwill Ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society since 1994. He also tours the U.S. with his four-piece folk band, Forever Friends, for which he is the singer. In 1991, Burke co-wrote his autobiography, A Special Kind of Hero, with Jo Beth McDaniel.

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