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Richard Eyre

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Television Director

Richard Eyre (born March 28, 1943) is a renowned British television, film, and theatre director. He is best known for directing classic TV dramas and stage plays, and served as Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre from 1988 to 1997. Eyre's works include acclaimed adaptations such as 'Notes on a Scandal' and 'The Remains of the Day.' His directing style is noted for nuanced character portrayals and social insight. He has received multiple BAFTA nominations and was knighted for his contributions to theatre.

Life Before Life: Origins of the Soul

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“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! William Wordsworth - Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”

William Wordsworth

Book:Life Before Life: Origins of the Soul

Source: Life Before Life: Origins of the Soul

“Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.”

Children Kids Peace Responsibility Conflict Parenting Resolution Ownership Entitlement

Book:The Entitlement Trap: How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership

Source: The Entitlement Trap: How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership

“What we hold in our heads - our memory, our feelings, our thoughts, our sense of our own history - is the sum of our humanity.”

Feelings Humanity Memories Emotion Our Thoughts Our Memories

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“I am interested in the gap between what people say and what they think - the undiscovered world of people's lives. Lives of quiet desperation.”

People Thinking World Quiet Live Life Gaps Desperation Quiet Desperation

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“We can alleviate physical pain, but mental pain - grief, despair, depression, dementia - is less accessible to treatment. It's connected to who we are - our personality, our character, our soul, if you like.”

Ifs Soul Character Pain Grief Personality Despair Connected Who We Are Treatment Dementia Alleviate Physical Pain Mental Pain

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“I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.”

Thinking I Can Self Doubt Essentials Admire Ingredients Grit Oysters Self-doubt

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“Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.”

Mind Humans Heart Persons Art Eye Understanding Human Beings Empathy Ears Oneself Identifying

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“I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.”

Thinking World Firsts Bigs Thirds Climbs Cliffs Third World Collision

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“I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.”

People Giving Art Educate No Point Giving Money

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Born: March 28, 1943
Known for: Television Director
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