Indifferent Quote by Oliver Sacks Download Open image “Astounded—and indifferent—for he was a man who, in effect, had no ‘day before’.” — Oliver Sacks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Indifferent Men
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Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ears. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“We have five senses in which we glory and which we recognise and celebrate, senses that constitute the sensible world for us. But there… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
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There is no one part of the brain which recognizes or responds emotionally to music. Instead, there are many different parts responding to different… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
I think there is no culture in which music is not very important and central. That's why I think of us as a sort… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
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I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders -- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- because of its unique capacity… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Psychotic hallucinations, whether they are visual or vocal, they address you. They accuse you. They seduce you. They humiliate you. They jeer at you.… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
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Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring, as far… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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