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When life is only about survival, it is very difficult, yet simple.
When life is more than just breathing air and actually living, it's easier but also a lot more complicated.
When people experience a great personal loss, they stop and wonder why everyone else is in such a hurry to get wherever they are going. Life passes us by. As we get older, many of us may feel discontent with any unfulfilled dreams we may have but we also learn to appreciate our health, getting plenty of sleep, time for loved ones and fun activities. That is the goal.
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This was advice given to me by someone I'm personally close to.
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It helps that many see Ford as a believable action star (and rightfully so) while still giving off a sense of realism in the roles he plays, even when there's comical timing during said action sequences. He is great in films where he's being doubled-billed as a top act alongside mesmerizing scenery and incredible landscapes, allowing him to drift in and out of being the film's point of focus yet still being its anchor for everything to eventually revolve back around towards. That's my take.
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Now that you mention it, with the patio-like arrangement, it kind of gives off a courthouse vibe such as 'Perry Mason'. Rather, this scenery would work very nicely for a 'Scooby Doo'-esque slueth.
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Action scenes help give the writers an excuse to creatively transition from from one scene to the next without having to tell the audience what is happening. It does not always have to make sense. Filmmakers are more inclined to add details to their subject only if it adds to the scene being shown.
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Protagonists are not always clean-cut heroes. Sometimes they are morally ambiguous. In a roundabout way, it seems very realistic to behaviors we encounter in our lifetimes, past and present. It's more of a statement of acknowledgement than it is one of approval. The show is more interesting for this nuance.
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Personally, I felt her portrayal of Catwoman was very subdued compared to the other actresses who have donned the character. Catwoman is often defined as a sexually liberated, uncompromising woman who is constantly on guard of danger.
The irony is the character is always struggling to find her own form of self-expression. I believe Hathaway was trying to display a more grounded persona in order to bring out the depth of her character's pain towards the skewed sense of justice in the world. Her Catwoman was still trying to figure out who she was.
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Wow, that's a pretty cool video! Thanks for sharing. I notice how Jacques ze Whipper uses a lot of repetitive motions in order to conserve his energy when taking a breather.
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The Emperor completely ignored the wisdom to be gleaned from 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu.
-The Empire underestimated the Rebels, especially their newfound Ewok allies
-Their supply lines got disrupted, making it harder to mobilize their troops
-While having plenty of soldiers and weapons, they split their forces up one too many
-Endor is an extremely harsh environment with unique dangers at every turn
-Most of their manpower got stuck fighting in narrow paths, eliminating their numbers advantage
-Close combat on the surface prevented direct [space] naval support (Mahanian Doctrine)
-Conventional blaster rifles without proper earthworks (entrenchment) or fortifications is useless
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Today, It's reasonable to think Poe's work is considered part of the thriller genre, very much like that of Rod Serling in the sense of how horror in their corpus (writings) comes not from places and surroundings, but the person's own thought provoking realization; a battle of the mind. Basically, finding meaning in our lives, wrestling with reality and our own conscious nature in relation to it.
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The best form of punishment towards criminals is to actually provide them with a way out of their hardened life by teaching them how to read and write, on-the-job-skills, paying them appropriately for any of their work (with an allotment going towards a savings account, especially if they are not able to claim any finances for whatever reason).
Basically, give them a reason to not want to go back into their life of crime by offering stability. It's not going to eliminate crime altogether but this is at least a solution to recidivism (repeat offenders). If this seems too good of a deal for prisons, then it says a lot about the rest of the surrounding society's predicament and what kind of shape it's in.
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Happy belated Birthday, theMan!
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
His writings are mastery in role-reversal storytelling.
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He never looked down at doing smaller film projects or B tier productions; he knew it did not define his caliber. Plus, he remembered his roots, where he came from.
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Simple things in life stand out more when time is set aside away from all the hustle and bustle. Memory of experiences also improve when doing stuff outside the regular routine.
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With some exceptions, people tend to have few physiological differences from the time when they are 16 up to 25 years old. I have no source, just speaking a general truth (a maxim). Jenna is great as Astrid, in my opinion.
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The Old Testament (Tanakh) and New Testament are not opposed to each other. Light shines brightest when it pierces and unveils through darkness. We all share this rich and wonderful existence and everything in it, together.
Understand the Bible was not the first creation account to come out of the ancient near east. In many ways it is "a cry in the wilderness", a counter-narrative. There's a concept called "mahanaim". In Hebrew, it means "two camps" or "two villages." Essentially, two or more views can be present during the same event. It's not that they don't challenge each other (they do), but they're more so meant to challenge us, our preconceptions of the world, to interwoven the two themes harmoniously instead of contrast.
The Jewish people came into contact with other people's cultures, learning to understand their traditions and customs outside their own, which helped them to create documentation in order that others understand them.
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He's one of Indy's longtime buddies and irregular contacts, so he knows Indy to some extent. His remark suggests he did not care that Indy had a phobia towards his big pet snake. It's just Jock teasing Indy with mild indifference.
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Probably not. A whip seems like one of those things that while they're easy to use, they're hard to master.
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The God of the Bible is not one of diametrically, dualistic extremes. This is what Isaiah is getting at.
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The bible verse here (Isaiah 45:7) should not be read so literally. From an ancient Jewish point of view, the verse you quote is meant as criticism of black-and-white mindsets which only sees others as bad and themselves as good. The Jewish people teach and believe that no one is absolutely perfect all the time, that self-reflection is necessary in a world of uncertainty.
To believe in absolutes and certainties is the same as saying there's no room for faith or beauty in the world and cosmos, that life (naturally and spiritually, since they're both intertwined; not separate yet distinct) can only be defined in one way, and one way only (one person's utopia is another person's nightmare). Even today we must learn from our mistakes.
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Happy belated birthday, guys!
For Stony from 'Freddy Got Fingered' (sausage song):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ED3Uvi4fZk4&pp=ygUhZnJlZGR5IGdvdCBmaW5nZXJlZCBzYXVzYWdlcyBzb25n
For Kowalski from 'Critters' (bowling scene):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMwb_q76Qs&pp=ygUWY3JpdHRlcnMgYm93bGluZyBzY2VuZQ%3D%3D
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