Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
While you need to be able to stand up for yourself, you also need to recognize that other people have their own agendas. Trauma can make all that hazy and grey.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Accept loss forever.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.
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I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
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I'm a very jaded and cynical person.
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First of all, Bolshevism represents revolution and the revolutionary struggle.
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Before I even pick up a guitar, usually the words are done. So I'm not first and foremost a musician. I'm first and foremost a writer.
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It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.
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CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.
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With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.
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But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.
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I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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While you need to be able to stand up for yourself, you also need to recognize that other people have their own agendas. Trauma can make all that hazy and grey.
