Donald Michael Thomas Quotes
Freud becomes one of the dramatis personae, in fact, as discoverer of the great and beautiful modern myth of psychoanalysis. By myth, I mean a poetic, dramatic expression of a hidden truth; and in placing this emphasis, I do not intend to put into question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.
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I miss Colombia. It's a great place.
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Not for a moment, beautiful aged Walt Whitman, have I failed to see your beard full of butterflies.
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The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.
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Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.
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Freud becomes one of the dramatis personae, in fact, as discoverer of the great and beautiful modern myth of psychoanalysis. By myth, I mean a poetic, dramatic expression of a hidden truth; and in placing this emphasis, I do not intend to put into question the scientific validity of psychoanalysis.
