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This movie details the rise, fall, and professional resurrection of John Nash, a Nobel laureate and one of the most brilliant modern mathematicians. His life begins to deteriorate as schizophrenia blurs his reality with delusions, but he throws himself into the task of self-discovery as earnestly as he did his professional studies. Nash’s passion for knowledge and understanding is inspirational, and the fact that the movie is based on true events makes it all the more compelling.

During World War II, a young mapmaker employed by Great Britain lies dying after being badly burned in a plane crash. A young nurse stays lovingly by his side through it all, and together they relive the sorrows and joys of romances past.

William Hundert, a principled Classics professor, comes into conflict with a pupil at a prestigious academy. His attempts to teach the young man to act fairly and morally have mixed results, and Hundert’s confidence in his beliefs begins to be shaken. When the two reunite at a 25th reunion, they both have lessons to teach the other.

IDOARRT is a simple tool to support you to lead an effective meeting or group process by setting out clear purpose, structure and goals at the very beginning. It aims to enable all participants to understand every aspect of the meeting or process, which creates the security of a common ground to start from. The acronym stands for Intention, Desired Outcome, Agenda, Rules, Roles and Responsibilities and Time.

Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it.

Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I—give-up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue.

These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier.

Explore expressions of beauty in different cultures. Are there cross-cultural similarities? What might account for differences?

I grew up in Nashville with a father who owned a barbershop, Winfrey's Barber Shop, he still does, I can't get him to retire. And every holiday, every holiday, all of the transients and the guys who I thought were just losers who hung out at the shop, and were always bumming haircuts from my father and borrowing money from my dad, all those guys always ended up at our dinner table. They were a cast of real characters—it was Fox and Shorty and Bootsy and Slim. And I would say, "Bootsy, could you pass the peas please?" And I would often say to my father afterwards, "Dad, why can't we just have regular people at our Christmas dinner?" because I was looking for the Currier & Ives version. And my father said to me, "They are regular people. They're just like you. They want the same thing you want." And I would say, "What?" And he'd say, "To be fed." And at the time, I just thought he was talking about dinner. But I have since learned how profound he really was, because we all are just regular people seeking the same thing. The guy on the street, the woman in the classroom, the Israeli, the Afghani, the Zuni, the Apache, the Irish, the Protestant, the Catholic, the gay, the straight, you, me—we all just want to know that we matter. We want validation. We want the same things. We want safety and we want to live a long life. We want to find somebody to love. […] We want to find somebody to laugh with and have the power and the place to cry with when necessary. The greatest pain in life is to be invisible. What I've learned is that we all just want to be heard. And I thank all the people who continue to let me hear your stories, and by sharing your stories, you let other people see themselves and for a moment, glimpse the power to change and the power to triumph. Maya Angelou said, 'When you learn, teach. When you get, give.' I want you to know that this award to me means that I will continue to strive to give back to the world what it has given to me, so that I might even be more worthy of tonight's honor. Thank you.

What you gonna do when the show is over

What you gonna sing when the song ends

How you gonna cope when there is no closure

Where you gonna reach when the goal gets higher

How you gonna make it through

When you think you lost the chance

Play on

When you're losing the game

Play on

'Cause you're gonna make mistakes

It's always worth to sacrifice

Even when you think you're wrong

So play on

Play on

Even when the flood gates swing wide open

Never let the currents sink you down, no

Even when you're not sure where you're going

Swimming through the mess and you can't get out

Just going through the motions, and trying not to drown

Play on

When you're losing the game

Play on

'Cause you're gonna make mistakes

It's always worth to sacrifice

Even when you think you're wrong

So play on

Play on

Even though it's the storm on the darkest night

Don't you ever give up the fight

Even when you feel you're all alone

Play on

Play on

Play on

When you're losing the game

Play on

'Cause you're gonna make mistakes

It's always worth to sacrifice

Even when you think you're wrong

So play on

Play on

Play on

Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na

Let's get down to business

To defeat the Huns

Did they send me daughters

When I asked for sons?

You're the saddest bunch

I ever met

But you can bet

Before we're through

Mister, I'll make a man

Out of you

Tranquil as a forest

But on fire within

Once you find your center

You are sure to win

You're a spineless, pale

Pathetic lot

And you haven't got a clue

Somehow I'll make a man

Out of you

I'm never gonna catch

My breath

Say good-bye to those

Who knew me

Boy, was I a fool in school

For cutting gym

This guy's got 'em

Scared to death

Hope he doesn't see

Right through me

Now I really wish that I

Knew how to swim

(Be a man)

We must be swift as

The coursing river

(Be a man)

With all the force

Of a great typhoon

(Be a man)

With all the strength

Of a raging fire

Mysterious as the

Dark side of the moon

Time is racing toward us

Till the Huns arrive

Heed my every order

And you might survive

You're unsuited for

The rage of war

So pack up, go home

You're through

How could I make a man

Out of you?

(Be a man)

We must be swift as

The coursing river

(Be a man)

With all the force

Of a great typhoon

(Be a man)

With all the strength

Of a raging fire

Mysterious as the

Dark side of the moon

(Be a man)

We must be swift as

The Coursing river

(Be a man)

With all the force

Of a great typhoon

(Be a man)

With all the strength

Of a raging fire

Mysterious as the

Dark side of the moon