"In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishes him."

-- Francois Magendie

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“We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary.”
“It is as though we have grown wings, which thanks to Providence, we have learnt to control.”
“I had always thought that the 'good,' and the 'bad' and the 'violent' did not exist in any absolute, essential sense. It seemed to me interesting to demystify these adjectives in the setting of a Western. An assassin can display a sublime altruism while a good man can kill with total indifference.”
“Of pure poetry there are two kinds, that which mirrors the beauty of the world in which our bodies are, and that which builds the more mysterious kingdoms where geography ends and fairyland begins, with gods and heroes at war, and the sirens singing still, and Alph going down to the darkness from Xanadu.”
“All the heat should come my way”
“The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.”
“Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.”
“I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.”

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