Patch Adams
Patch Adams
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adamsis an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
brilliant people rules
You have a brilliant mind, and like many brilliant people you don't necessarily think the rules apply,
colorful feeling health interested moving needing people public smile society walking
I'm a clown, which could be a public health role. I'm really interested in moving our society away from a society needing Xanax and Prozac, and that is really feeling depressed, to one that is celebrating, and so I find just walking around in colorful clothes, people smile.
assumes clown clowning contact hug love people percent second trauma trick whatever
Clowning is a trick to get love close. I can hug 99 percent of people in the first second of contact if I'm in my clown character. The clown assumes your humanity. It assumes that, whatever trauma you've had, you can still love yourself.
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They had every reason to be sad and angry, yet people were instantly friendly, engaging and giving.
people want stuff
People like givers, people want to help givers. I get stuff all the time.
helping-others giving people
We have to end the capitalist system. We have to make love our value. You are rich when you love and you are rich when you are giving away your time and what you have to help other people.
laughter people essentials
People crave laughter as if it were an essential amino acid.
doctors justice people
I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.
people giver generous-people
Givers get trust quicker than other people. People trust generous people.
justice people world
I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous to be inspiring; their lives an example of what every human being has it in them to do - act from love!
justice people special
Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
adult influence pain paradigm serious shouting
And yet the influence of the adult world--this is the pain paradigm shouting -- serious is what you want to be taken,
love patients sue
We love our patients and our patients love us. You don't sue someone you love.
ball kicks money school
It's humiliating that a person who kicks a ball makes more money than a school teacher.