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Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.


Mary Oliver

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OLIVER STONE Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that&...
OLIVER STONE If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great....
OLIVER STONE I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
OLIVER STONE I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of...
OLIVER STONE There's an electrical thing about movies.
OLIVER STONE I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been ...
OLIVER STONE I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progre...
OLIVER STONE I study history in order to give an interpretation.
OLIVER STONE In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a s...
OLIVER SACKS I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
OLIVER SACKS I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
OLIVER SACKS Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbe...
OLIVER SACKS I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the ...
OLIVER SACKS I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many so...
OLIVER SACKS At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat th...
OLIVER REED If the money's right, I'll do a film.
OLIVER REED You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stre...
OLIVER REED I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
OLIVER REED I'm really a pacifist.
OLIVER REED Awe and respect are two different things.
OLIVER REED I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
OLIVER REED What's the point of staying sober?
OLIVER REED Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dr...
OLIVER REED