ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

Louie Schwartzberg: Priroda. Ljepota. Zahvalnost.

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Ljepota prirode lako nam može promaknuti -- no ne kroz objektiv Louieja Schwartzberga. Njegove zapanjujuće time-lapse fotografije, u pratnji s moćnim riječima benediktinskog monaha brata Davida Steindl-Rasta, služe kao meditacija o zahvalni na svakom danu. (Snimljeno na TEDxSF.)
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When I graduateddiplomirao UCLAUCLA, I movedpomaknuto to northernsjeverni CaliforniaCalifornia,
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Nakon što sam diplomirao na UCLA-u,
preselio sam se u sjevernu Kaliforniju
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and I livedživjeli in a little towngrad calledzvao ElkJelena
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i živio u malom gradiću zvanom Elk,
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on the MendocinoMendocino coastobala,
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na obali Mendocino.
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and I didn't have a phonetelefon or TVTV, but I had U.S. mailpošta,
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Nisam imao telefon ni TV,
no imao sam poštanski sandučić
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and life was good back then, if you could rememberzapamtiti it.
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i život je u to vrijeme bio dobar, ako ga se sjećate.
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I'd go to the generalgeneral storedućan for a cupkupa of coffeekava
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Otišao bih u dućan na šalicu kave
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and a brownieskautkinja, and I'd shipbrod my filmfilm
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i kolačić i poslao bih svoj film
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to SanSan FranciscoFrancisco, and logle and beholdpogledati, two daysdana laterkasnije,
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u San Francisco. I gle čuda, za dva dana
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it would endkraj up on my frontispred doorvrata,
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bio bi pred mojim kućnim vratima,
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whichkoji was way better than havingima to fightborba the trafficpromet
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što je bilo mnogo bolje nego
da sam se morao boriti s prometnom gužvom
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of HollywoodHollywood. (MusicGlazba)
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u Hollywoodu. (Glazba)
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I didn't have much moneynovac,
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Nisam imao mnogo novca,
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but I had time and a senseosjećaj of wonderčudo. (MusicGlazba)
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no imao sam vremena i osjećaj za čuda. (Glazba)
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So I startedpočeo shootingpucanje time-lapseprolazak vremena photographyfotografija.
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Počeo sam snimati time-lapse fotografije.
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It would take me a monthmjesec to shootpucati a four-minutečetiri minute
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Trebalo bi mi mjesec dana kako bih snimio 4-minutni
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rollsvitak of filmfilm, because that's all I could affordpriuštiti.
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film jer samo sam si to mogao priuštiti.
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I've been shootingpucanje time-lapseprolazak vremena flowerscvijeće continuouslyneprekidno,
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Neprestano sam snimao životni vijek cvijeća,
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non-stopneprekidno, 24 hourssati a day, sevensedam daysdana a weektjedan,
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non-stop, 24 sata dnevno, sedam dana u tjednu,
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for over 30 yearsgodina, and to see them movepotez
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preko 30 godina, a vidjeti ih kako se kreću
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is a danceples I'll never get tiredumoran of.
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ples je koji mi nikad neće dosaditi.
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TheirNjihova beautyljepota immersesuranja us with colorboja, tasteukus, touchdodir.
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Njihova nas ljepota uranja u boju, okus, dodir.
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It alsotakođer providespruža a thirdtreći of the foodhrana we eatjesti.
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Također nas snabdijeva trećinom hrane koju jedemo.
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(MusicGlazba)
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(Glazba)
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BeautyLjepota and seductionzavođenje is nature'spriroda je toolsalat for survivalopstanak,
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Ljepota i zavodljivost
prirodni su alati za preživljavanje
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because we protectzaštititi what we fallpad in love with.
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jer mi štitimo ono u što se zaljubimo.
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It opensotvara our heartssrca, and makesmarke us realizeostvariti
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To otvara naša srca i tjera nas da shvatimo
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we are a partdio of naturepriroda and we're not separateodvojen from it.
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da smo dio prirode te da nismo odvojeni od nje.
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When we see ourselvessebe in naturepriroda, it alsotakođer connectsspaja us
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Kad sebe vidimo u prirodi, to nas također povezuje
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to everysvaki one of us, because it's clearčisto
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sa svakim od nas jer je jasno
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that it's all connectedpovezan in one.
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da je sve povezano u jednu cjelinu.
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When people see my imagesslika, a lot of timesputa they'lloni će say,
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Kad ljudi vide moje slike, često kažu:
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"Oh my God." Have you ever wonderedpitala what that meantznačilo?
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"O, moj Bože!"
Jeste li se ikad zapitali što to znači?
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The "oh" meanssredstva it caughtzatečen your attentionpažnja,
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"O" znači da vam je nešto zaokupilo pažnju,
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makesmarke you presentpredstaviti, makesmarke you mindfulpažljiv.
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čini vas prisutnima, čini vas pozornima.
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The "my" meanssredstva it connectsspaja with something deepduboko
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"Moj" znači da se povezuje s nečim dubokim
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insideiznutra your soulduša.
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unutar vaše duše.
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It createsstvara a gatewayprolaz for your innerunutrašnji voiceglas to riseustati up
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Stvara prolaz za vaš unutarnji glas,
kako bi se podigao
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and be heardčuo. And "God"?
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i kako bi ga se čulo. A "Bože"?
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God is that personalosobni journeyputovanje we all want to be on,
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Bog je to osobno putovanje na kojem svi želimo biti,
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to be inspirednadahnut, to feel like we're connectedpovezan to a universesvemir
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biti inspirirani, osjećati se kao
da smo povezani sa svemirom
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that celebratesslavi life.
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što slavi život.
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Did you know that 80 percentposto
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Jeste li znali da 80 posto
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of the informationinformacija we receivedobiti comesdolazi throughkroz our eyesoči?
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informacija koje primamo dolazi kroz naše oči?
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And if you compareusporediti lightsvjetlo energyenergija to musicalmjuzikl scalesvage,
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I ako usporedite svjetlosnu energiju
s glazbenom ljestvicom,
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it would only be one octaveoktavu that the nakedgo eyeoko could see,
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golo oko vidjelo bi samo jednu oktavu,
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whichkoji is right in the middlesrednji?
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koja je upravo u sredini.
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And aren'tnisu we gratefulzahvalan for our brainsmozak that can, you know,
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Nismo li zahvalni što naš mozak može
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take this electricalelektrična impulseimpuls that comesdolazi from lightsvjetlo energyenergija
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prenijeti taj električni impuls
koji dolazi iz svjetlosne energije
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to createstvoriti imagesslika in ordernarudžba for us to exploreistražiti our worldsvijet?
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kako bi stvorio slike
da bismo mi mogli istraživati svoj svijet?
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And aren'tnisu we gratefulzahvalan that we have heartssrca
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I nismo li zahvalni što imamo srce
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that can feel these vibrationsvibracije
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koje može osjetiti te vibracije
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in ordernarudžba for us to allowdopustiti ourselvessebe to feel the pleasurezadovoljstvo
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kako bismo si mogli dopustiti da osjetimo užitak
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and the beautyljepota of naturepriroda?
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i ljepotu prirode?
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(Glazba)
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Nature'sPrirode beautyljepota is a giftdar that cultivatesnjeguje
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Ljepota prirode dar je koji njeguje
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appreciationzahvalnost and gratitudezahvalnost.
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uvažavanje i zahvalnost.
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(Glazba)
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So I have a giftdar I want to sharePodjeli with you todaydanas,
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Imam poklon koji danas želim podijeliti s vama,
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a projectprojekt I'm workingrad on calledzvao HappinessSreća RevealedObjavio,
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projekt na kojem radim, a zove se Otkrivena sreća.
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and it'llto će give us a glimpsesvjetlucanje into that perspectiveperspektiva
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Dat će nam letimičan uvid u tu perspektivu
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from the pointtočka of viewpogled of a childdijete and an elderlypostariji man
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s gledišta djeteta i starijeg čovjeka
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of that worldsvijet.
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iz tog svijeta.
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ChildDijete: When I watch TVTV,
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Dijete: "Kad gledam TV,
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it's just some showspokazuje that you just -- that are pretendpretvarati se,
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to su sve neke emisije koje -- u kojima se pretvaraju,
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and when you exploreistražiti, you get
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a kad istražuješ,
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more imaginationmašta than you alreadyveć had,
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dobiješ više mašte nego što si je imao,
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and when you get more imaginationmašta,
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a kad dobiješ više mašte,
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it makesmarke you want to go deeperdublje in
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onda želiš ići sve dublje
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so you can get more and see beautifullerbeautifuller things,
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kako bi dobio više i vidio ljepše stvari,
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like the pathstaza, if it's a pathstaza, it could leaddovesti you to a beachplaža,
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poput staze, ako je to staza,
mogla bi te voditi do plaže
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or something, and it could be beautifullijep.
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ili nečega, i moglo bi biti predivno."
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ElderlyStarije osobe Man: You think this is just anotherjoš day in your life?
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Stariji čovjek: "Misliš da je ovo
samo još jedan dan u tvom životu?
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It's not just anotherjoš day. It's the one day that is givendan to you
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Nije to samo još jedan dan.
To je jedan dan koji ti je darovan
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todaydanas.
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danas.
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It's givendan to you. It's a giftdar.
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Dan ti je. To je dar.
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It's the only giftdar that you have right now,
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To je jedini dar koji imaš upravo sada
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and the only appropriateprikladan responseodgovor
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i jedini prikladan odgovor
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is gratefulnesszahvalnost.
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jest zahvalnost.
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If you do nothing elsedrugo but to cultivatenjegovati that responseodgovor
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Ako ne radiš ništa osim njegovanja tog odgovora
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to the great giftdar that this uniquejedinstvena day is,
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na taj divni dar koji ovaj jedinstven dan jest,
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if you learnnaučiti to respondodgovarati
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ukoliko naučiš odgovarati
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as if it were the first day in your life
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kao da je to tvoj prvi dan života
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and the very last day,
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i posljednji dan,
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then you will have spentpotrošen this day very well.
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tad ćeš taj dan provesti veoma dobro."
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BeginPočeti by openingotvor your eyesoči and be surprisediznenađen
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Počnite otvaranjem očiju i budite iznenađeni
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that you have eyesoči you can openotvoren,
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što imate oči koje možete otvoriti,
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that incrediblenevjerojatan arrayred of colorsboje that is constantlykonstantno offeredponudio to us
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to nevjerojatno mnoštvo boja
koje nam je neprestano ponuđeno
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for purečist enjoymentuživanje.
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na čisti užitak.
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Look at the skynebo.
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Pogledajte nebo.
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We so rarelyrijetko look at the skynebo.
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Tako rijetko gledamo u nebo.
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We so rarelyrijetko noteBilješka how differentdrugačiji it is
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Tako rijetko zamjećujemo koliko je drugačije
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from momenttrenutak to momenttrenutak, with cloudsoblaci comingdolazak and going.
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iz trenutka u trenutak,
s oblacima koji dolaze i odlaze.
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We just think of the weathervrijeme,
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Samo mislimo na vrijeme,
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and even with the weathervrijeme, we don't think of
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a čak ni s vremenom ne mislimo na
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all the manymnogi nuancesnijanse of weathervrijeme.
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mnoge nijanse vremena.
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We just think of good weathervrijeme and badloše weathervrijeme.
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Razmišljamo samo o dobrom i o lošem vremenu.
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This day, right now, has uniquejedinstvena weathervrijeme,
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Ovaj dan, upravo ovaj, ima jedinstveno vrijeme,
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maybe a kindljubazan that will never exactlytočno
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možda baš takvo kakvo se nikad više
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in that formoblik come again.
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u točno takvom obliku neće pojaviti.
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That formationformacija of cloudsoblaci in the skynebo will never be the sameisti
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Taj poredak oblaka na nebu nikad neće biti isti
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as it is right now.
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kao što je sad.
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OpenOtvoren your eyesoči. Look at that.
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Otvorite oči. Pogledajte.
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Look at the faceslica of people whomkome you meetsastati.
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Pogledajte lica ljudi koje srećete.
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EachSvaki one has an incrediblenevjerojatan storypriča behindiza theirnjihov facelice,
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Svatko ima nevjerojatnu priču iza svog lica,
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a storypriča that you could never fullypotpuno fathomproniknuti,
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priču koju nikad nećete u potpunosti dokučiti,
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not only theirnjihov ownvlastiti storypriča, but the storypriča of theirnjihov ancestorspreci.
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ne samo vlastitu priču, već i priču svojih predaka.
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We all go back so fardaleko,
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Svi potječemo iz davne prošlosti,
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and in this presentpredstaviti momenttrenutak, on this day,
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a u ovom trenu, ovog dana,
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all the people you meetsastati, all that life from generationsgeneracije
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svi ljudi koje sretnete, sav taj život raznih generacija
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and from so manymnogi placesmjesta all over the worldsvijet
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i s raznih mjesta diljem svijeta
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flowsteče togetherzajedno and meetszadovoljava you here
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zajedno teče i susreće se s vama ovdje
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like a life-givingživotne watervoda, if you only openotvoren your heartsrce and drinkpiće.
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poput vode koja život daje,
samo ako otvorite svoje srce i pijete.
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OpenOtvoren your heartsrce to the incrediblenevjerojatan giftspokloni that civilizationcivilizacija
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Otvorite svoje srce nevjerojatnim
darovima koje nam je civilizacija
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givesdaje to us.
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dala.
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You flipdrzak a switchprekidač and there is electricelektrični lightsvjetlo.
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Stisnete prekidač i tu je električno svjetlo.
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You turnskretanje a faucetslavina and there is warmtoplo watervoda and coldhladno watervoda,
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Odvrnete slavinu i tu su topla i hladna voda
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and drinkablepitak watervoda.
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i voda za piće.
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It's a giftdar that millionsmilijuni and millionsmilijuni in the worldsvijet
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To je dar koji milijuni ljudi na svijetu
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will never experienceiskustvo.
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nikad neće iskusiti.
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So these are just a fewnekoliko of an enormousogroman numberbroj of giftspokloni
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To su samo neki od brojnih darova
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to whichkoji we can openotvoren your heartsrce.
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kojima možemo otvoriti svoje srce.
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And so I wishželja you that you will openotvoren your heartsrce
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Stoga vam želim da otvorite srce
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to all these blessingsblagoslov, and let them flowteći throughkroz you,
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svim tim blagoslovima i dopustite im da teku kroz vas,
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that everyonesvatko whomkome you will meetsastati on this day
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da svi koje na današnji dan sretnete
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will be blessedblažen by you,
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budu blagoslovljeni vama,
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just by your eyesoči,
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vašim očima,
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by your smileosmijeh,
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vašim osmijehom,
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by your touchdodir,
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vašim dodirom,
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just by your presenceprisutnost.
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samom vašom prisutnošću.
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Let the gratefulnesszahvalnost overflowprelijevanja
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Neka se zahvalnost prelije
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into blessingblagoslov all around you,
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u blagoslove posvuda oko vas
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and then it will really be a good day. (MusicGlazba)
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i tad će ovaj dan biti uistinu dobar dan. (Glazba)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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LouieLouie SchwartzbergSchwartzberg: Thank you.
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Louie Schwartzberg: Hvala.
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Thank you very much. (ApplausePljesak)
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Puno hvala. (Pljesak)
Translated by Senzos Osijek
Reviewed by Suzana Barić

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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