There is a part of you that will always believe that you are different. That somehow you will be the one to figure out how to have it all. You believe it is your destiny. Unfortunately, so does everyone else. No one wants to accept that they are not special. No one wants to believe that ...
1976-07-18 Montreal, Canada / Impossible Love / Unmögliche Liebe / Amor Impossível / Amor Imposible
Impossible Love is the desire for someone that has very little likelihood of fulfillment. Typically, the object of impossible Love is thought of as someone who can appease your desires, but for various reasons is beyond your reach. Since humans are motivated to maximize positive emotions and minimize negative ones, experiencing impossible Love is stressful. The obstacles in ...
1918-07-17 Ekaterinburg, Russia / The Path of Love and Blood / Der Weg der Liebe und des Blutes / O caminho do amor e do Sangue / El camino del amor y la Sangre
On 14 May 1896, the day of the coronation, in all churches in St. Petersburg, the liturgy was read and prayers of thanksgiving recited. The ceremony began at 10 am; the emperor, his mother, and his wife seated on thrones on a special raised platform installed in the middle of the cathedral. At the end of the ...
2012-07-16 Idaho Falls, USA / Seven Habits / Sieben Gewohnheiten / Sete Hábitos / Siete Hábitos
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book by Stephen Covey. The book is about ethics and philosophy and has sold more than 25 million copies in 40 languages worldwide since its first publication in 1989 and remains one of the best selling nonfiction business books in history. Principles are external natural laws, values ...
Missing Relatives / Vermisste Verwandte / Parentes Desaparecidos / Parientes Desaparecidos
The majority of missing people return fairly quickly, but around 1% do not. Their cases remain open for a year or more, some for much longer. Some may even have to wait a whole generation. Relatives must live with the uncertainty as it remains unclear what has happened to the missing relative. It becomes an obsession ...
The road not Taken / Den nicht genommen Weg / O caminho não Tomada / El camino no Tomado
Everyday all day you decide which way to go. You speak life or death. You can be kind or not. Find things that are right or find things that are wrong. You either praise or complain. You are filled with belief or doubts. Work hard or just get by. Spend or save. Love or hate. ...
1954-07-13 Mexico City, Mexico / The weeping Woman / Die Weinende / Bela da Noite / La Llorona
Kahlo's paintings are concerned with medical imagery, which is presented in terms of pain and hurt, featuring Kahlo bleeding and displaying her open wounds. Kahlo's medical paintings are especially dealing with childbirth and miscarriage and have a strong sense of guilt, of a sense of living one's life at the expense of another who has died ...
2007-07-12 Bagdad, Iraq / Collateral Murder / Kollateral Mord / Assassinato Colateral / Asesinato Colateral
'Well it’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle,' one of the Apache soldiers is heard saying. 'That’s right,' another agrees. Kristinn Hrafnsson, an Icelandic investigative journalist who worked with WikiLeaks to investigate the ‘Collateral Murder’ video described what he saw as 'a testimony of evil.' Hrafnsson was sitting in a Reykjavik cafe with WikiLeaks Editor Julian ...
There are no such Things as Things / Es gibt keine Dinge wie Dinge / Não existem Coisas como Coisas / No hay Cosas como Cosas.
I find it a little difficult to say what the subject matter of this seminar is going to be, because it's too fundamental to give it a title. I'm going to talk about what there is. Now, the first thing, though, that we have to do is to get our perspectives with some background about ...
The adults Power Game / Das Machtspiel der Erwachsenen / O jogo do poder dos Adultos / El juego del poder de los Adultos
Even though you may feel small and powerless, everything you do matters and everyone matters. The experiences you have in childhood of growing up in systems of power and control create a world-view that persists into adulthood. You learn to believe that domination is just the way the World works. You take it for granted that you ...
2014-07-08 Belo Horizonte, Brazil / National Humiliation / Nationale Demütigung / Mineiraço / Mineirazo
Regrets are about bad choices. Not bad things that happened to me, or the way that life has punched me in the face. Regret is my deep sorrow about something I did, and/or failed to do. It is the anger at myself for having had enough experience/infromation to have made the right decision, but I ...
Abandon all Hope / Alle Hoffnung Aufgeben / Percam a Esperança / Abandona toda Esperanza
As the Earth’s ecological systems upon which we depend accelerate in their slouch towards catastrophe, our Society faces an existential crisis. The effects of climate change are far direr than we initially expected. The two degrees of warming that is the final major threshold before permanent, large-scale climatic shifts leading to ecological collapse, is no longer some far-off possibility, ...
2000-07-06 Warsaw, Poland / The Pianist / Der Pianist / O Pianista / El Pianista
Władysław Szpilman and his family were forced to move into a 'Jewish quarter' – the Warsaw Ghetto – on 31 October 1940. Szpilman managed to find work as a musician to support his family, which included his mother, father, brother Henryk, and two sisters, Regina and Halina. He first worked at the Nowoczesna Cafe, where the patrons sometimes ignored his playing in ...
Dream for Sale / Traum zum Verkauf / Sonho à Venda / Sueño en Venta
To sell a dream takes a lot of practice. To sell a dream someone has to fall in Love. But everyone wants to fall in Love. Falling in Love is a beautiful thing. It is exciting. It is consuming. It is a fresh opportunity. Falling in Love takes time. It takes lots of dates, unforgettable ...
1971-07-03 Paris, France / This is the End / Das ist das Ende / Este é o Fim / Esto es el Fin
His poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, wild personality, performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounded his life and early death. Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. To this day Morrison is widely regarded as the prototypical rock star: surly, sexy, scandalous, mysterious. Morrison was particularly inspired by ...
1961-07-02 Ketchum, USA / For whom the bell Tolls / Wem die Stunde Schlägt / Por quem os sinos Dobram / Por quién doblan las Campanas
Hemingway arrived home in Ketchum on June 30, and he deliberately shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961. He had unlocked the basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the front entrance foyer, and shot himself with the double-barreled shotgun that he had used so ...
2004-07-01 Los Angeles, USA / Bad Boy / Böser Junge / Menino Mau / Chico Malo
Brando earned a reputation as a 'Bad Boy' for his public outbursts and antics. Brando had no code, only his instincts. He was the gangster leader and the outla . He was antisocial because he knew Society was crap; he was a hero to youth because he was strong enough not to take the crap. At the 1973 Academy ...
2015-07-01 Slough, England / Children’s Transport / Kindertransport / Transporte de Crianças / Transporte de Niños
On 15 November 1938, five days after the devastation of 'Kristallnacht' in Germany, a delegation of British, Jewish, and Quaker leaders appealed, in person, to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain. Among other measures, they requested that the British government permit the temporary admission of unaccompanied Jewish children, without their parents. The Cabinet debated the issue the ...
The new story of Self / Die neue Geschichte vom Selbst / A nova história do Eu / La nueva historia del Yo
What really matters in life? While you are asking the big questions, who are you and where are you going? Every culture has stories about the people and answers to these questions. And the way we answer them has profound effects on the health of both the people and the planet as a whole. There are ...
2003-06-29 Fenwick, USA / My own single Self / Mein eigenes Ich / Meu próprio Eu / Mi propio Yo
As a child, Hepburn joined her mother on several 'Votes For Women' demonstrations. The Hepburn children were raised to exercise freedom of speech and encouraged to think and debate on any topic. Hepburn said she realized from a young age that she was the product of two very remarkable parents, and credited her enormously lucky upbringing with ...
Life is Motion / Das Leben ist Bewegung / A vida é Movimento / La vida es Movimiento
Life is a journey that never stops, filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead you to your destination, your purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout your travels, you will encounter many challenges. Some of these challenges will test your courage, strengths, weaknesses, and ...
A moment for its own Sake / Ein Moment um seiner selbst Willen / Um momento para o seu próprio Bem / Un momento por su propio Bien
Ambedo, a kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details. Raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee. Ambedo, briefly soaking in the experience of being alive, an act that is done purely for its own sake. It is a moment, or ...
Because I am Crazy / Weil ich verrückt Bin / Porque eu sou Louco / Porque estoy Loco
I am still inspired quite often by old and shitty ideas that I used to have about life when I was a little boy. Ideas that I never thought would be within my grasp as well, because I was either high or drunk. It is eye-opening when you realize that your mental illness is something that ...
2008-06-22 Santa Monica, USA / Shit is a powerful Word / Scheiße ist ein starkes Wort / Merda é uma palavra Poderosa / Mierda es una palabra Poderosa
Shit is a powerful word. Just think of all theconcepts and ideas you can communicate with it. Shitmay just be the most powerful word in the English language.Consider: You can be shit faced, be shit out of luck,or have shit for brains. With a little effort youcan get your shit together, find a place for ...
One photo can change your Life / Ein Foto kann dein Leben Ändern / Uma foto pode mudar sua Vida / Una foto puede cambiar tu Vida
A photograph can change your life. It can connect you with yourself and it can connect you with other people. It can be a way to help yourself and it can be a way to help others. A photograph can help you to become more aware of the moment, the concept of presence and paying full attention to ...