Let me ask you, when you look at me, what is it that you see? Do you see a creature that's...
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Robin Cavendish:
Let me ask you, when you look at me, what is it that you see? Do you see a creature that's barely alive? Or do you see a man that's escaped the confines of the hospital wards? Now, I have a machine under this very seat, and it breathes for me. And at home, I have a ventilator by my bed. I also have a remarkable group of friends. And most vitally I have my wife. But, as you see, I can do nothing for myself. And yet here I am. When I first became paralysed, I wanted to die. Yeah, I wanted to die, I did. But my wife wouldn't let me. She told me I had to live. To see our son grow up. So I went on living... because she told me to. Because of her, really. And with her. And for her. And every day since then, I've accepted the risk of dying because I don't want to just survive. I want to truly live. So, I implore you, you go back to your hospitals and you tell your disabled patients that they too can truly live. You all have this power to open the gates and set them free.
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But as you see I can do nothing for myself
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And yet here I am
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Now when I first became paralyzed I wanted to die
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Yeah I wanted to die I did
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But my wife wouldn't let me
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She told me I had to live
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To see our son grow up
Clip duration: 33 seconds
Views: 180
Timestamp in movie: 01h 31m 25s
Uploaded: 03 April, 2022
Genres: drama, romance
Summary: Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
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00:22 Just think all those affairs I could have had
00:08 Well I think I would have chosen to live
00:12 I like this man Is he a doctor
00:33 May I begin by noting an interesting fact
00:19 5 says you'll never make it
00:04 He doesn't have a job He's an Oxford professor
00:08 Goes five miles an hour
00:10 It isn't kind to let them out like that
00:06 Is that chair breathing
00:07 I think he should be in hospital No
00:13 I want to know about it
00:27 Where do you think you're going
00:17 No one with your husband's degree of disability
00:27 Bloggs told me the other day
00:14 This chair pushing business
00:05 You could at least have the decency to be on the point of...
00:35 There's something I have to say
00:35 Now I don't have a farewell speech
00:05 Why do you keep your disabled people in prisons
00:05 So long Paddy I'll be back for my fiver