Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that?
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The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
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The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.
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Kerchak was dead. Withdrawing the knife that had so often rendered him master of far mightier muscles than his own, Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his vanquished enemy, and once again, loud through the forest rang the fierce, wild cry of the conqueror.And thus came the young Lord Greystoke into the kingship of the Apes.
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New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
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It was fantastic playing Conan; it was such an experience to go out of the country and be this barbaric human savage child for a month or so. It was a blast and definitely a great experience.
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We're put here on Earth to learn our own lessons. No one can tell you what your lessons are; it is part of your personal journey to discover them. On these journeys we may be given a lot, or just a little bit, of the things we must grapple with, but never more than we can handle.
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The character of Johnny Drama was a lot of fun to play.
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I think, all my life, I've grown up and had high expectations, but that becomes so stressful.
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It is important to always look forward.
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I never say no.
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Life is really like that: there are certain things that are wonderful and certain things that are not so wonderful and what you are going to do about it. With grace and with dignity, move through them. Deal with them.
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Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Racism has always existed, and a big part of it is people just not knowing others. I think humans change other human's minds, and it's hard for someone in the middle of America to hate Syrian refugees if they've been able to befriend them.
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Pendulation—gently moving in and out of accessing internal sensations.
