MOVIE

Adaptation.

2002

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

115 min

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FindCenter Quotes Image We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.

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FindCenter Quotes Image Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

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FindCenter Quotes Image Respect the fact that all you do and are now has evolved for a good reason and serves an important purpose.

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FindCenter Quotes Image Our society doesn’t promote self-acceptance and it never will. First of all, self-acceptance doesn’t sell products. Capitalism would fall if we liked ourselves the way we are now. Also, people who feel shamed and inadequate themselves tend to pass it on.

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FindCenter Quotes Image The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don’t want to.

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EXPLORE TOPIC

Negative Self-Talk