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Awakenings (1990)
- DR. SAYER: That's the Periodic Table of Elements. I can date my introduction to science by that. It's wonderful, really. It's, uh... It's the universe at its essence. You see, you have your alkaline metals. You have your halogens, your inert gases. Every element has its place in that order. You can't chance that. They're secure, no matter what.
- LEONARD: You're not married?
- DR. SAYER: Me? No, I'm not very good with people. I--I never have been, Leonard. I like them. Maybe, if they were less unpredictable.
- LEONARD: Eleanor would disagree with you.
- DR. SAYER: Eleanor?
- LEONARD: Miss Costello.
- DR. SAYER: Oh, of course. She has spoken to you about me? What did she say?
- LEONARD: That you're a kind man. That you care very much for people.
“Force of habit, and resistance to change- so great in all realms of thought- reaches its maximum in medicine, in the study of our most complex sufferings and disorders of being; for we are here compelled to scrutinize the deepest, darkest, and most fearful parts of ourselves, the parts we all strive to deny or not-see. The thoughts which are most difficult to grasp or express are those which touch on this forbidden region and re-awaken in us out strongest denials and our most profound intuitions.”
Oliver Sacks, Awakenings (via imobunfo)
From the 1990 film “Awakenings” starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.
The dance scene in Awakenings (1990)
Leonard: “I can’t see you anymore. Goodbye.”
This is such an important moment because it’s through that contact that Leonard’s tics calm down.
Awakenings (1990)
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Awakenings (1990) - the hardest scene
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Dr. Sayer This is what we’d forgotten - the simplest things.
From movie Awakenings 1990
awakenings, 1990
