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		How well we get along with ourselves depends largely on our internal leadership skills - how well we listen to our different parts, make sure they feel taken care of, and keep them from sabotaging one another. Parts often come across as absolutes when in fact they represent only one element in a complex constellation of thoughts, emotions, and sensations.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Sheridan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Forest Whitaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Apple 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Elizabeth II 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danica McKellar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Angelina Jolie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control. Our hearts and minds are tormented, teased, enticed and delighted by the overwhelming strength of emotions that make us try to forget the real world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lisa See 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. F. Benson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What would life be without art? Science prolongs life. To consist of what-eating, drinking, and sleeping? What is the good of living longer if it is only a matter of satisfying the requirements that sustain life? All this is nothing without the charm of art. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Bernhardt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		How well we get along with ourselves depends largely on our internal leadership skills - how well we listen to our different parts, make sure they feel taken care of, and keep them from sabotaging one another. Parts often come across as absolutes when in fact they represent only one element in a complex constellation of thoughts, emotions, and sensations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk