The Latest from Big Think

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Robert Butler talks about the force of mortality.
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Timmermann has seen some pretty ugly things, but retains a faith in people's inner goodness.
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A true story of love and loss..of a dog.
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After working with Deepa Mehta, Timmermann thinks we're going to see a globalized Tinseltown.
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Timmermann recalls some notable performances, old and new?
A great actor has a greatness at his or her core that's hard to imitate.
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When an actor with that special something walks in to a room, it changes color, Timmermann changes.
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Timmermann imagines the actor on-screen.
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For casting director Bonnie Timmermann Los Angeles is vacation, New York is home.
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The child of an opera singer and a boxer finds the right balance for show business.
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The Secretary's programs lack the necessary depth to be effective, Nafisi says.
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Azar Nafisi on Iranian culture being more poetry than sharia.
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Even if you don't agree with her views, Nafisi says, Hirsi Ali should not have to fear for her life for expressing them.
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Nafisi's passion was always literature. Religion was an externally imposed reality.