Simon Sinek
How Great Leaders Inspire Action "People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it." Flipped lesson Mpudi: I'm teaching him how to drive, just for the hell of it. There's nothing else to do around here.
This movie was certainly a surprise to me. Normally when I watch a movie I will at least go and read the description if not watch the trailer and find out as much as I can. I thought this movie would be about Roman or Greek gods and be quite a serious movie. Well.... this was one of the funniest movies I've seen. The Gods Must Be Crazy, it was really interesting to watch a movie and know the whole story. Movies that were maid now you watch and you see the story and you know whats going to happen or you can guess. This one right from the start you knew what was going to happen but you didn't know where it was going to lead. It started with a Coke bottle falling on the ground in front of Xi. His people think this strange artifact is another "present" from the gods and find many uses for it. But unlike anything that they have had before, there is only one glass bottle to share. Because of the conflict it causes, Xi consults with elders and agrees to make a pilgrimage to the edge of the world and dispose of the supposedly cursed thing. Along the way, he encounters a diverse assortment of people, such as: biologist Andrew Steyn, who is studying the local animals; Kate Thompson, the newly hired village school teacher; a band of guerrillas led by Sam Boga, who are being pursued by government troops after an unsuccessful attack; a safari tour guide named Jack Hind; and Steyn's assistant and mechanic, M'pudi. When Xi is hungry, he shoots a goat with a tranquilizer arrow, but is caught and jailed. M'pudi, who once lived with the San and still speaks Xi's dialect, concludes that Xi will die if kept in prison. He and Steyn apply to employ Xi as a tracker for the remainder of his sentence in lieu of prison. Meanwhile, the guerrillas invade Kate's school and take her and the students as human shields for their escape to the neighboring country. Steyn, M'pudi, and Xi soon discover their field work (observing the local wildlife) is on the terrorists' chosen path. They manage to immobilize the guerrillas as they are passing by and save Kate and the children. However, Jack Hind takes away Kate, and Steyn is left at the same place again. With Xi's term over, Steyn pays his wages and sending him on his way. When Steyn tells Kate about his problem, Kate is impressed and they begin his relationship. Xi eventually arrives at God's Window, the top of a cliff with a solid layer of low-lying clouds obscuring the landscape below. Convinced that he has reached the edge of the world, he throws the bottle off the cliff, and returns to his tribe. Mpudi: [looking at Steyn in a suit] And why are you so beautiful? Steyn: I'm going to the school to give her these. Mpudi: You gonna look like that? Steyn: Like what? Mpudi: Like it's a funeral. You've gotta smile, man, and tell her she looks good. Steyn: How come suddenly you're an expert on women? Mpudi: I got seven wives. How many you got? Steyn: So why aren't you at home with your seven wives? Mpudi: I know how to marry them. Nobody knows how to live with them. Steyn: So, what did you marry them for? Mpudi: Someday I have to tell you the facts of life...
Cameron Russell
Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. "And I got these free things because of how I look, not who I am, and there are people paying a cost for how they look and not who they are."
Simon Sinek
How Great Leaders Inspire Action "People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it."
Adora Svitak
What Adults can Learn from Kids "But there's a problem with this rosy picture of kids being so much better than adults. Kids grow up and become adults just like you."
Kevin Briggs
The Bridge Between Suicide and Life "Listen to understand. Don't argue, blame, or tell the person you know how they feel, because you probably don't. By just being there, you may just be the turning point that they need." |
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