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Oliver Sacks

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Often called the "poet laureate of medicine," Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) was a world-renowned British neurologist and author who bridged the gap between clinical science and humanistic storytelling. He is best known for his vivid collections of case histories that explored the far borderlands of neurological experience, transforming patients from medical "subjects" into complex, relatable individuals.

Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.

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My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.

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Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

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