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John Denver – calypso

John Denver wrote and performed Calypso as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his ship Calypso. John Denver was a singer, song-writer, actor, activist…

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Sigmund Freud – strength

“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”

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Marcus Aurelius – life thoughts

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

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Helen Keller – vision

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

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Joan Armatrading – me, myself, I

Me, Myself, I is the title song to the album of the same name. The album was the highest ever chart placing for Armatrading in the UK and US. Born Joan Anita Barbara…

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Leonardo da Vinci – transform

“The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”

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Atisa Dipamkara Srijnana – inner mind

“If the inner mind has been tamed. The outer enemy cannot harm me.”

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Julian Schnabel – the diving bell and the butterfly

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is a French American movie based on the memoirs of Jean-Dominque Bauby. He was the editor of the French magazine Elle. In 1995 at the age of 43 …

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Cameron Russell – looks aren’t everything

A Ted talk given by Cameron Russell an American model who has been in the industry for 10 years …

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Sugata Mitra’s new experiments in self-teaching

A Ted talk given by Sugata Mitra who is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and …

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet – amelie

Amelie is a French movie set in Montmartre, Paris, France. Amelie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it won four César Awards, two BAFTA Awards and was nominated for five…

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John Lennon – mind games

Mind Games was written and performed by John Lennon and is the title track to the album Mind Games. It is Lennon’s fourth album and is the first self-produced album…

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