Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Ordinarily the executive capacities of the prefrontal cortex enable people to observe what is going on, predict what will happen if they take a certain action, and make a conscious choice.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.
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For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.
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Harry Potter is awesome.
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That's sort of what we wanted to do: conquer from the margins, sort of find our place in the middle based on the fact that we were creatures of the margin and of alienation.
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The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.
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Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.
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I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
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Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.
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I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.
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I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
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Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?
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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
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It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
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War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.
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Ordinarily the executive capacities of the prefrontal cortex enable people to observe what is going on, predict what will happen if they take a certain action, and make a conscious choice.
