Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by...
"At a time of tug of war, intimidation and
aggressions exchanged between politicians, the name of their county,
Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient
culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics."
-Asghar Farhadi, director of Iranian film "The Separation," which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film.
"As long as you were
open and playful and answered all their questions, it was only a big deal
for about an hour or two."
-Vietnam vet Ron Cushman, on teaching young children about his prosthetic limb.
"Because re-experiencing offers a way to look at oneself through the same lens but with different eyes, it offers many therapeutic benefits."
-Consumer behavior researcher Cristel Russell, on why we love to reread our favorite books and rewatch our favorite movies.
"We behold them as they are when we are not there. We see life as it is when we have no part in it."
-Virginia Woolf, in a 1926 essay about the cinema.
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