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Oliver Sacks
British
Scientist
Born:
Jul 9
,
1933
Died:
Aug 30
,
2015
About
Active
Before
Completing
Feel
Life
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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.
Oliver Sacks
Man
Lost
Eye
Self
He
Longer
Know
Himself
Knows
Because
Leg
Cannot
I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.
Oliver Sacks
Fall
Before
Think
Okay
See
Faces
Scenes
Like
Most
Sort
Bed
Discussed
Which
Patterns
Then
Us
Asleep
Many
Night
Need
Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.
Oliver Sacks
Me
Intertwined
Birthdays
About
Atomic
Since
Learned
Boyhood
Been
Elements
Numbers
I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
Oliver Sacks
Life
About
Only
Almost
Feel
Over
Begin
Often
Realize
I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know.
Oliver Sacks
Class
School
Feeling
Though
High
High School
Almost
Know
Boy
Always
Am
Person
Being
Youngest
Even
Now
Oldest
I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
Oliver Sacks
Life
My Life
Whatever
Complete
Completing
Feel
Trying
Should
Means
In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases they're not.
Oliver Sacks
People
Immediately
Sign
See
Cases
Something
General
Most
Because
Brain
Afraid
Whereas
Happening
Acknowledge
Them
Awful
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