Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
If patients who present in such dramatically different states are treated as fakes, or if they are told to stop showing their unpredictably annoying parts, they are likely to become mute. They probably will continue to seek help, but after they have been silenced they will transmit their cries for help not by talking but by acting: with suicide attempts, depression, and rage attacks.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.
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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books.
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I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.'
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It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
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I remember when I first came to Liverpool, Pepe Reina helped with everything, and he made it easy for me. When I was Atletico Madrid captain, I tried to help everyone. These are the basics in football: you need to create an atmosphere and try to create a group of friends. It's not easy, and it doesn't always happen, but you have to try.
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Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
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Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be.
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Everywhere else, we are someone else, but at home, we remove our masks.
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My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.
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If patients who present in such dramatically different states are treated as fakes, or if they are told to stop showing their unpredictably annoying parts, they are likely to become mute. They probably will continue to seek help, but after they have been silenced they will transmit their cries for help not by talking but by acting: with suicide attempts, depression, and rage attacks.
