It's Hard to Stay Mad When There's So Much Beauty in the World
Interpretation
Appreciating the beauty in life can help alleviate negative feelings like anger.
The quote by Kevin Spacey suggests that the overwhelming presence of beauty in the world has the power to shift our focus away from negative emotions such as anger. By acknowledging and recognizing the beauty around us, we are reminded of the good things in life, which makes it difficult to hold onto feelings of frustration or resentment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming negativity, one might say this quote to inspire the audience.
It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.
The thing that you think is imperfect about you is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else. I have a scar on my lip, and for years I hated it. But now its become my thing. It's like, without it, I'm not me. You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections. I can't stress that enough.
That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit bottom is to try to get somebody else to feel better. There are certain things in life that are truly worth knowing, and that is one of the big ones.
I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed. Not magical power, but real power. The power simply to go on, the power to endure, that is power enough, but I felt I had also the power to create, to add, to delight, to amaze and to transform.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a razor, senses more powerful than gods, hearing that can catch the music and the lamentations of life, your knowledge of humanity will never be total.
It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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