Patch Adams
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Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams (born May 28, 1945) is a medical doctor, social activist, citizen diplomat, professional clown, performer, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1972.
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- Admitting he never had any religion, he calls a friend his "god" and the love of other people, God's spirit.
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- Patch Adams challenges audience. Joplin Independent (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2008-12-15.
- I'll give you an example - in Russia most of the hospitals don't have any pain medicine, they don't have any money. So if you're with kids with cancer, they can have metastases to the bone; which some say is the worst pain a human can experience. So a mother can be in a room with a child who hasn't stopped screaming in five months. ...85% of the time I walk in there as a clown they'll stop screaming."
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- Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams. Roda Viva - Entrevista (P.A?) (2007-Nov-13). Retrieved on Jan-25-'09.
- I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.
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- Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams. Roda Viva - Entrevista (P.A?) (2007-Nov-13). Retrieved on Jan-25-'09.
- The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it 'depression' than calling it 'loneliness.'
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- Conferenza con Patch Adams a Reggio Emilia. arcoiris tv (2008-Mar-27). Retrieved on Jan-25-'09.
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- All of the problems of the world are due to men. You can't name one problem in history due to women. No matter how badly men behave - with their wars, their greed and their nasty acts - no matter how badly they behave, the women are raising the children.
