{"id":21321,"date":"2013-11-21T02:07:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T07:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tanqeed.com\/forum\/?p=21321"},"modified":"2014-03-10T23:59:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T03:59:52","slug":"movies-songs-poems-and-quotes-that-influencedinspired-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tanqeed.com\/movies-songs-poems-and-quotes-that-influencedinspired-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies, Songs, Poems and Quotes that Influenced\/Inspired You"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get inspired or influenced by our parents, relatives, teachers and friends. But we also get influenced or inspired by movies, songs, poems, quotes and novels. This post is about all the things that influenced your life or shaped you into who you are or just things that you aspire to be. So please share anything that you think has influenced or shaped your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sholay\"Sholay <\/strong><\/p>\n

While I did watch movies before Sholay this was the movie which made me a movie buff. I watched the movie at a friend’s place and the video cassette did not have the complete movie. So I made my family take me to the movie to watch the ending. This movie led me to watch more Amitabh Bachchan movies and while I did not like many of them I started to love movies. And what made a big impression on me is the friendship between Jai and Veeru and how Jai sacrifices his life for Veeru. Friendship and Friends are something that I have always valued. While I don’t believe in lots of friends I do think that with my closest friends the proverb “A Friend in need is a Friend indeed” holds true.<\/p>\n

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\"GANDHI\" Gandhi<\/strong><\/p>\n

This movie used to be telecast by Doordarshan every Gandhi Jayanti. I consider it to be one of the greatest films ever made on one of the greatest human being ever born. Gandhi and his non violent methods have been a influence over other greats like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. I believe that when ordinary people have to fight against a mighty occupying force or government Gandhi’s non-violent protests are the only way to do so. The movie is filled with one excellent scene after another. Had posted some scenes from the movie as Scene of the Week. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/tanqeed.com\/scene-of-the-week-gandhi\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I read this quote in a booklet and I loved it. I used to have this pasted on my wall and used to read it to inspire\/encourage myself at one time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUp to a point a person\u2019s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say, “This I am today. That I shall be tomorrow.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2015 Louis L’Amour<\/p>\n

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This is my all time favorite song and I consider it to be one of the greatest songs ever because of the lyrics. It talks about a utopia but I absolutely love the idea of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Imagine” by John Lennon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine there’s no heaven
\nIt’s easy if you try
\nNo hell below us
\nAbove us only sky
\nImagine all the people
\nLiving for today…<\/p>\n

Imagine there’s no countries
\nIt isn’t hard to do
\nNothing to kill or die for
\nAnd no religion too
\nImagine all the people
\nLiving life in peace…<\/p>\n

You may say I’m a dreamer
\nBut I’m not the only one
\nI hope someday you’ll join us
\nAnd the world will be as one<\/p>\n

Imagine no possessions
\nI wonder if you can
\nNo need for greed or hunger
\nA brotherhood of man
\nImagine all the people
\nSharing all the world…<\/p>\n

You may say I’m a dreamer
\nBut I’m not the only one
\nI hope someday you’ll join us
\nAnd the world will live as one<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Had posted the song as Song of the Day some time back.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/tanqeed.com\/sotd-imagine-john-lennon\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is a poem I read in school. Its addressed from a father to a son and is advice on how to act in different situations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If By Rudyard Kipling<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you can keep your head when all about you
\nAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,
\nIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
\nBut make allowance for their doubting too;
\nIf you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
\nOr being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,
\nOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,
\nAnd yet don\u2019t look too good, nor talk too wise:<\/p>\n

If you can dream\u2014and not make dreams your master;
\nIf you can think\u2014and not make thoughts your aim;
\nIf you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
\nAnd treat those two impostors just the same;
\nIf you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken
\nTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
\nOr watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
\nAnd stoop and build \u2019em up with worn-out tools:<\/p>\n

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
\nAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
\nAnd lose, and start again at your beginnings
\nAnd never breathe a word about your loss;
\nIf you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
\nTo serve your turn long after they are gone,
\nAnd so hold on when there is nothing in you
\nExcept the Will which says to them: \u2018Hold on!\u2019<\/p>\n

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
\nOr walk with Kings\u2014nor lose the common touch,
\nIf neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
\nIf all men count with you, but none too much;
\nIf you can fill the unforgiving minute
\nWith sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run,
\nYours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it,
\nAnd\u2014which is more\u2014you\u2019ll be a Man, my son!<\/p>\n

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This is another advice song “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen” by Baz Luhrmann. The lyrics were taken from an imaginary commencement speech by Mary Schmich. So much of the stuff is so true.<\/strong><\/p>\n