“People, in relation to each other and their environments, can unwittingly create moments of poetry.” PeopleMomentsInspirationPoetry Book:Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine Source: Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine
“Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets” PeopleKnowsLittlesHardCareRememberBitsSecretWho CaresLiberatingPeople In Your LifeNo One CaresIllusionists Author:Derren Brown
“To impress people as much as we would wish, we would first need to successfully adopt each of their value systems” PeopleNeedsFirstsValuesWishImpressValue Systems Author:Derren Brown
“Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves.” PeopleFeelsKidsSkillsImpressImpressive Author:Derren Brown
“Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of their complex, troubled existences. To practise anything other than kindness towards them, to treat them in any way save generously, is to quietly deny their humanity.” PeopleWayHumanityDifficultExistenceKindnessSeeingTreatsComplexesDenyTinyPractiseVeneerDifficult Life Author:Derren Brown
“We're terrible at realising what goes on in other people's heads because we are trapped inside our own.” PeopleGoes OnTerribleRealisingTrapped Author:Derren Brown
“A lot of unconfident kids do tricks because it's the quickest route to impressing people," he explains. "You can stand behind something amazing and people think you're amazing.” PeopleThinkingKidsBehindsMagicTricksImpressRoutesYou Re Amazing Author:Derren Brown
“...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants.” PeopleChildrenWishLinesMagicProduceFineInfantAstonishmentFine Lines Author:Derren Brown
