The Lathe of Heaven (1980 TV Movie)
Kevin Conway: Dr. William Haber
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Quotes
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Dr. Haber : Progress, George. Progress. We have made more progress in six weeks than humanity has made in the past six thousand years.
George Orr : Well, do you think with all of this progress you could help me to find Heather?
Dr. Haber : Who?
George Orr : [Irritated] Heather Lelache, the lawyer from HEW.
Dr. Haber : Oh, yes. What happened to her?
George Orr : I don't know, she's gone.
Dr. Haber : Oh, she's out there somewhere.
George Orr : I doubt it. She was brown, not gray.
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Dr. Haber : We are going to make the world, right.
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Dr. Haber : Welcome to Dr. Haber's Palace of Dreams. Congratulations, George. You are the man of the hour. How do you feel today?
George Orr : I haven't felt anything for days.
Dr. Haber : [to his henchmen:] You may go.
[They leave]
Dr. Haber : Take it easy, George, take it easy! I know I've been working you very hard, but I think you'll agree it's been well worth the effort. Besides, today is a momentous occasion.
George Orr : Well, I don't think I can take another big day.
Dr. Haber : George, today I've cured you.
[pause]
Dr. Haber : Don't you have anything to say?
George Orr : Words fail me.
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Dr. Haber : Are you quite finished? Your negative approach to our...
George Orr : It's your positive approach, that's the danger!
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Dr. Haber : That's right, George. The burden is now off your shoulders.
George Orr : And it on to yours! You're out of your mind!
Dr. Haber : Now you listen to me, George Orr! You come into my office with the greatest power the mankind has ever known and all you want to do is to be cured of it. The dreams don't work, you tell me. They go wrong, you tell me. Well, there's nothing wrong with the dreams, my friend. The problem lies with the dreamer!
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George Orr : By the way where is he?
Dr. Haber : Who?
George Orr : The alien.
Dr. Haber : There are no aliens here, George. They are not permitted in this part of the building. They are unnatural. In fact, when I begin to dream they are the first thing I'm going to get rid of.
