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Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?
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Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?

2016-09-09 · 4 min · Not rated

Animation

The period of time we find hardest to inhabit is the present; for a range of powerful reasons we should take on board.

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Directors
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
Production companies
Tomatico
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released
Budget
USD 3,000

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Alain de BottonAlain de Bottonnarrator

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