Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
The great challenge is finding ways to reset their physiology, so that their survival mechanisms stop working against them.
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Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.
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As a biologist, I can't think of myself as anything but an animal among animals and plant.
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
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Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'
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The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Adieu les monstres! Adieu les saints! Adieu l'orgueil! Il n'y a que des hommes.
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My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.
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Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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The great challenge is finding ways to reset their physiology, so that their survival mechanisms stop working against them.
