Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Some of them had hardly developed a sense of self—they couldn’t even recognize themselves in a mirror.
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When you're building a show from the ground up, there are no answers or wrong move, because there's no bible.
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I've been a little bit Las Vegas and casino-obsessed. So, I love some trashy glamour... and I think nothing's trashier or more glamorous than a bit of a sheer number!
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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Frankly, our adversaries are emboldened by the lack of American leadership in the world, and our friends and our allies, they have lost trust in us.
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On a movie set, there's so much down time, adjusting the lighting. It gave me time to nap, call my friends, relax, work out. But with TV, there's no break time. None.
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I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want to learn Russian. And, because of my life, I'm not able to do any of these.
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The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.
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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim ban.
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When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
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I don't really believe in regrets.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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When people are depending on us, we end up finding strength we didn't know we had.
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Good style - regardless of fads - means the thing that suits your body.
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One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.
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At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.
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Less than two weeks before my 34th birthday, I bought pots. Most people were amazed that I did not previously own pots, but that was before I explained that I had never used my oven, and used my stovetop for my dishrack.
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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You have no idea how hard I've looked for a gift to bring You. Nothing seemed right. What's the point of bringing gold to the gold mine, or water to the ocean. Everything I came up with was like taking spices to the Orient. It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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I think Mr. Trump's people are very, very passionate, and they're angry because of the way that this country has been taken advantage of from so many other countries. That's a frustration level I think a lot of people in this country feel, and people express it in different ways.
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Some of them had hardly developed a sense of self—they couldn’t even recognize themselves in a mirror.
