The most inspiring 1939 films. The Women, a sparkling social study with an all-female cast. Also Gone With the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Rains Came and The Wizard of Oz.
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21 belonging quotes exploring our need to be part of something outside ourselves. Topics: common ground, the other, leaders, security, spiritual belonging.
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Brian’s Favorite Films 1930-1938, including one of my all-time favorite films, Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 City Lights.
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Brian’s 7 Favorite Uplifting Films of the 1920s, including the Spirit Film of the 1920s (Wings, 1927).
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Films serve many purposes. Primarily we think of them as entertainment. They also educate us, challenge us, expand out horizons and help us escape the stresses of our daily lives. I have always been drawn to films that seek to celebrate the human condition, that uplift us by showing how alike we all are. I
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Amirrezvani, Anita (2012), Equal of the Sun A historical fiction novel set in 16th Century Iran, it is a political novel focusing on a princess who is smart and capable whose father the Shah dies without naming an heir. Narrated by a eunuch who assists the princess, the story tells of political intrigue and gender
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Source of Our Ambitions And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto to her husband with her; and he did
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Abdou, Angie. Between (2014) Babiak, Todd. The Book of Stanley (2007) We are all looking for a personal spiritual experience, and the world of marketing has stepped up to sell it to us. This is a satire of a retired man with unique powers tho attracts a group of very interesting characters as followers.
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Universal Purpose Quotes “The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.” Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: the Art of Personality “The goal of your life is living in
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Aridjis, Cloe. Asunder (2013) Boston: Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). This novel explores the relationship between creation and destruction, told from the point of view of a London museum guard. The story has a mysterious tone, a haunting beautiful elegance. Marie, the narrator, has a fascination with violent imagery and an obsession with decay and
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