miércoles, 10 de diciembre de 2014

"LET BYGONES BE BYGONES" or 'AGUA PASADA NO MUEVE MOLINO'

One of the jolly good things about life is that, in most occassions, one can re-start anew. How lucky of us!! WELCOME THE NEW ONES AND 'RE-WELCOME' THE OLD LADS AND LADIES

IN THIS NEW RE-START WE WILL BEGIN WITH THOSE CONSIDERED THE BEST FILM SPEECHES AND MONOLOGUES WELL-KNOWN WORLD WIDE. ENJOY!!!

1.- (My favourite)
"GONE WITH THE WIND" 'LO QUE EL VIENTO SE LLEVÓ'
(Victor Fleming, 1939)


Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'hara
"As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they're not going to lick me! I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again - no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill, as God is my witness,
I'll never be hungry again."


'A Dios pongo por testigo que no podrán derribarme. Sobreviviré, y cuando todo haya pasado, nunca volveré a pasar hambre, ni yo ni ninguno de los míos. Aunque tenga que mentir, robar, mendigar o matar ¡a Dios pongo por testigo que jamás volveré a pasar hambre!
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"Casablanca", (Casablanca, 1942), Michael Curtiz;

'Tócala una vez Sam', 'Louie, creo que éste es el principio de una gran amistad', 'De todos los cafés del mundo, tuvo que elgir el mío' y 'Después de todo, siempre nos quedará París'
"Play it again Sam",  (Play it Once..., play it, Sam)

Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.
Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By."
Sam: Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it.
Ilsa: I'll hum it for you.
Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum...
Ilsa: Sing it, Sam.
Sam: You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply As time goes by. And when two lovers woo, they still say, "I love you" On that you can rely No matter what the future brings. As time goes by...
Rick: Sam, I thought I told you never to play...


"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks in to mine" Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)  and "We'll always have Paris", "Here´s looking at you kid"
"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" (Casablanca ending),


AS TIME GOES BY
(Louis Armstrong)
You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his maid
That no one can deny
it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by...



"NOBODY'S PERFECT" - 'NADIE ES PERFECTO' Some like it hot' o 'Con faldas y a lo loco (1959. Billy Wilder)




FINAL SCENE 


Osgood: I called Mama. She was so happy she cried! She wants you to have her wedding gown. It's white lace.
Daphne: Yeah, Osgood. I can't get married in your mother's dress. Ha ha. That-she and I, we are not built the same way.
Osgood: We can have it altered.
Daphne: Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
Osgood: Why not?
Daphne: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
Osgood: Doesn't matter.
Daphne: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
Osgood: I don't care.
Daphne: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
Osgood: I forgive you.
Daphne: [Tragically] I can never have children!
Osgood: We can adopt some.
Daphne/Jerry: But you don't understand, Osgood! [Whips off his wig, exasperated, and changes to a manly voice.] Uhhh, I'm a man!
Osgood: [Looks at him then turns back, unperturbed]: Well, nobody's perfect!!!


The top ten greatest film quotes
1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
(Clark Gable (as Rhett Butler)
-->, in Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
(Marlon Brando (as Don Vito Corleone), in The Godfather (1972)

6. "Go ahead, make my day."
(Clint Eastwood (as 'Dirty' Harry Callahan), in Sudden Impact (1983)

8. "May the Force be with you."
(Harrison Ford (as Han Solo), in Star Wars (1977)

10. "You talkin' to me?"
(Robert De Niro (as Travis Bickle), in Taxi Driver (1976)

miércoles, 25 de junio de 2014

lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014

AMAZING GRACE... EL HIMNO MÁS POPULAR




Amazing Grace Lyrics
John Newton (1725-1807)


Amazing Grace, how sweetthe sound, (all the lyrics)
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.


Gracia asombrosa, (toda la letra)
cuan dulce el sonido
¡Que salvó
a un desgraciado como yo!
Estuve perdido,
pero ahora me encontré,
Estaba ciego,
pero ahora puedo ver
 

domingo, 16 de febrero de 2014

LOS SECRETOS DEL 'LENGUAJE CORPORAL'

AUNQUE NO SEPAS MUCHO INGLÉS, PUEDES ENTENDER ESTE VIDEO... UNA FORMA DE COMUNICACIÓN...PARTE ESENCIAL DE LA MISMA.

viernes, 24 de enero de 2014

'EL SECUESTRO DE LA AMÍGDALA' "THE AMYGDALA HIJACK"


AMYGDALA HIJACK

Amygdala hijack is a term coined by Daniel Goleman in his 1996 book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.  Drawing on the work of Joseph E. LeDoux, Goleman uses the term to describe emotional responses from people which are immediate and overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat.
Concept
From the thalamus, a part of the stimulus goes directly to the amygdala while another part is sent to the neocortex (the "thinking brain"). If the amygdala perceives a match to the stimulus, i.e., if the record of experiences in the hippocampus tells the amygdala that it is a fight, flight or freeze situation, then the amygdala triggers the HPA (hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal) axis and hijacks the rational brain. This emotional brain activity processes information milliseconds earlier than the rational brain, so in case of a match, the amygdala acts before any possible direction from the neocortex can be received. If, however, the amygdala does not find any match to the stimulus received with its recorded threatening situations, then it acts according to the directions received from the neo-cortex. When the amygdala perceives a threat, it can lead that person to react irrationally and destructively.
Goleman states that "Emotions make us pay attention right now - this is urgent - and gives us an immediate action plan without having to think twice. The emotional component evolved very early: Do I eat it, or does it eat me?" The emotional response "can take over the rest of the brain in a millisecond if threatened."An amygdala hijack exhibits three signs: strong emotional reaction, sudden onset, and post-episode realization if the reaction was inappropriate.
Goleman later emphasised that "self-control is crucial ...when facing someone who is in the throes of an amygdala hijack" so as to avoid a complementary hijacking - whether in work situations, or in private life. Thus for example 'one key marital competence is for partners to learn to soothe their own distressed feelings...nothing gets resolved positively when husband or wife is in the midst of an emotional hijacking.' The danger is that 'when our partner becomes, in effect, our enemy, we are in the grip of an "amygdala hijack" in which our emotional memory, lodged in the limbic center of our brain, rules our reactions without the benefit of logic or reason...which causes our bodies to go into a "fight or flight" response'.
Positive hijackings
Goleman points out that 'not all limbic hijackings are distressing. When a joke strikes someone as so uproarious that their laughter is almost explosive, that, too, is a limbic response. It is at work also in moments of intense joy'.
He also cites the case of a man strolling by a canal when he saw a girl staring petrified at the water. Suddenly, 'before he knew quite why, he had jumped into the water - in his coat and tie. Only once he was in the water did he realize that the girl was staring in shock at a toddler who had fallen in - whom he was able to rescue'.
Emotional relearning
LeDoux was positive about the possibility of learning to control 'the amygdala's hair-trigger role in emotional outbursts: "Once your emotional system learns something, it seems you never let it go. What therapy does is teach you how to control it - it teaches your neocortex how to inhibit your amygdala. The propensity to act is suppressed, while your basic emotion about it remains in a subdued form"'



                      TEST PSICOLOGÍA EMOCIONAL
               Reacciones desproporcionadas: 
                   “Secuestro de la amígdala”



El doctor Daniel Goleman nos cuenta como ante una tensión acumulada o una respuesta grabada, la amígdala puede producir una respuesta desproporcionada ante una situación o estimulo que bajo otro contexto habría sido menos drástica. Bajo una situación de estrés emocional, la amígdala se dispara.
Es un concepto muy interesante, ya que nos permite por un lado reconocernos en situaciones eliminando la sensación de culpa que se siente por la reacción desmesurada; y por otro lado el disponer de una nueva información acerca de los posibles patrones de desarmonía, que ante una nueva situación de estrés pueda permita reconocer la incapacidad de actuar de forma armónica ante dicho estímulo/s, y permitir observar en lugar de actuar para ser capaz de descubrir nuevas posibles respuestas con menor gasto y tensión para el cuerpo.
En Wikipedia se recoge más información bajo el término inglés “Amygdala hijack"