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Patch Adams -Best Speach

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Last weekend, I got a big surprise when I wasn’t expecting it. I fell into watching the end of the movie  Patch Adams  as it just happened to be on tv. I’d seen  Patch Adams  many years ago (it was a 1998 film with Robin Williams) yet I was very surprised by how inspiring his speech was near the end of the film. Below, you can find a full transcript of the speech and two videos that cover the full length of the speech (one starts at the beginning but doesn’t go all the way to the end, and the other does the opposite). The quotes in this speech that really resonate in my heart are; If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference. this reminded me of my own recent thoughts on indifference – see  The Silent Power of Indifference Every human being has an impact on another. Why don’t we want that in a patient doctor relationship? Always live in awe of the glorious mechanism of the human body. reminds me of my new ...