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“He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters? Stuck on to other objects we select? Look at him! ... My desire might be to make this boy an ardent husband - a caring citizen - a worshipper of abstract and unifying God. My achievement, however, is more likely to make a ghost!”
Source : "Equus". Book by Peter Shaffer, 1973.
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“When a certain number of people come together and they choose at a moment in time to create a precise emotion in their hearts, that emotion literally can intentionally influence the very fields that sustain the life on planet earth.”
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“I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.”
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“No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.”
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“Some men of the line regiment who had appeared on our right started running back. I shouted out to them to halt, but they took no notice. I pulled out my revolver and very nearly shot at them, but I thought it wouldn't do any good, as they all had their backs to me so would have thought that anyone hit was hit by a German bullet. If I ran after them my men might think I was running away. So I took my men on!”
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“When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.”
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“I have also been attacked by my opponents as someone seeking to purge university faculties of leftist professors. This is false. The first provision of the Academic Bill of Rights is that no professor should be hired or fired because of his or her political views. I have never myself called for the firing of any professor for his or her political views, nor would I.”
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“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.”
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“I'm not a wine connoisseur, but I do like a glass or two at night.”
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“I love hearing people laugh.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
