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" I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients. "
John Malkovich
Psychiatrist
Patients
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" Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream. "
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