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“In another time I guess I would have been content with filming girls and cats. But you don’t choose your time.”

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Chris Marker, born on July 29, 1921 and died on the same day in 2012, was a renowned French writer. His works are known for their unique perspective and profound thinking, covering various fields such as film, photography, and literature. more

“So give your complete attention to what you feel, and refrain from mentally labeling it. As you go into the feeling, be intensely alert. At first, it may seem like a dark and terrifying place, and when the urge to turn away from it comes, observe it but don’t act on it. Keep putting your attention on the pain, keep feeling the grief, the fear, the dread, the loneliness, whatever it is. Stay alert, stay present - present with your whole Being, with every cell of your body. As you do so, you are bringing a light into this darkness. This is the flame of your consciousness.”

Giving Feels Firsts May Whole Feelings Body Light Seems Pain Turns Dark Grief Attention Consciousness Darkness Loneliness Your Body Cells Flames Urges Dread Refrain Labeling

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“You can change your life if you really want to. You can improve it, make it better. And it all starts with changing the way you think.”

Ifs Thinking Way Want Changing Your Life

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Much of your success in life is determined by how you choose to act in spite of how you feel.”

Feels Life Is Determined Spite You Choose Success In Life How You Feel

Author:Andy Andrews

“Art transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.”

Art Ordinary Extraordinary

Author:Ellen Dissanayake

“Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation.”

Way Real Self Feelings Findings Oneself Retreat Relaxation

Book:Playing and Reality

Source: Playing and Reality

“Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.”

Thinking Made Girl Fun Sports Athlete Quitting Defined Muscles Unattractive Being Made Fun

Author:Serena Williams

“I like to question the minutia, to get to the essence of things. The minutia of life is all about design. It's about the design of how you talk to another human being; it's the design of speech; it's the design of everything we do. We need to be better at listening, and we need to aim more directly at understanding and being understood.”

Needs Humans Life Is Understanding Human Beings Design Listening Speech Understood Essence Aim

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

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