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When we live for our goals, we forget to live now
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Derren Brown: Miracle

When we live for our goals,we forget to live now

When we live for our goals,
we forget to live now

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When we live for our goals, we forget to live now.
Duration
4 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:12
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Vaudeville Productions

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Movie Summary

Illusionist Derren Brown reinvents the concept of "faith healing" through a series of stunts that debunk the confines of fear, pain and disbelief.
The philosopher Alan Watts made the point - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:08
The philosopher Alan Watts made the point
You don't just read the last chapter of a book because that's the climax, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
You don't just read the last chapter of a book because ...
So you study for these exams, so you can go to this university, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
So you study for these exams, so you can go to this universi...
Eventually, you reach some position in your 50s and you think, "Is this it? - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
Eventually, you reach some position in your 50s and you thin...
Is this the thing? Is this what I've been working for?" - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:10
Is this the thing? Is this what I've been working for?&...
[music ends] - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
[music ends]
Talking of the future, here's something for the future, a black envelope - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:10
Talking of the future, here's something for the future,...
-Don't let anybody take it off you, Chris. -[laughter] - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
-Don't let anybody take it off you, Chris. -[laughter]
We tend to dwell on our past and we think that it somehow defines who we are. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
We tend to dwell on our past and we think that it somehow de...
But our pasts are just stories that we tell ourselves in the present, yes? - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:06
But our pasts are just stories that we tell ourselves in the...
When we say, "I'm this sort of person because this happened to me." - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
When we say, "I'm this sort of person because this...
And we can be more sceptical of those stories if it helps us. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
And we can be more sceptical of those stories if it helps us...
See, if this were the start of a film and it said "based on a true story", - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:14
See, if this were the start of a film and it said "base...
In the same way you come and see this show. You know that I'm going to sometimes - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
In the same way you come and see this show. You know that I&...
We forget to apply the same natural scepticism - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:11
We forget to apply the same natural scepticism
So we'll play with stories. There's an usher going around with a pen and paper. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
So we'll play with stories. There's an usher going...
I want two of you to grab a pen and paper. I won't ask you up on stage, don't worry. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
I want two of you to grab a pen and paper. I won't ask ...
So, please do it, and then we're all going to do a brain fart together. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
So, please do it, and then we're all going to do a brai...
This is a little exercise just to clear your mind of your initial thoughts. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
This is a little exercise just to clear your mind of your in...
So everybody do this. Imagine you are looking at the front page - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
So everybody do this. Imagine you are looking at the front p...