Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Structure creates a three-dimensional image of whom and what you had to deal with and gives you a chance to create a different outcome.
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I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed image of me. I was playing a lot of cute characters, a lot of little girls; I was objectified. And I don't want people to think of me as that because it's not who I am, and because I've seen a lot of hostility towards that image.
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The image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.
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The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.
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Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
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With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us.
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I never say never about a lot of things. Whatever you want, then more power to you. If someone feels they have to live up to a certain image, then I can kind of understand that pressure because I'm considered to be one of those images, and I know how unreal they are.
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The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche.
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Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter's claim....We have alternatives to violence.
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It is the stress that holds the structure up.
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Your intention rules your life and determines the outcome.
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My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.
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Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.
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Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.
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So far we don't have a confirmation about their outcome from the Russian side.
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I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.
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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
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When I sit in Paris in a cafe, surrounded by people, I don't sit casually - I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.
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The only power our problems can have over us is the power we give to them.
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I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity.
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Structure creates a three-dimensional image of whom and what you had to deal with and gives you a chance to create a different outcome.
