Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
In the same way that people can drive each other mad, the company of people, and being understood by people, can also heal us.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.
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Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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Congress mandated that health care providers in emergency departments and ambulances provide emergency care to anyone in need, including the uninsured and underinsured.
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After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.
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All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.
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When I stand before thee at the day's end thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.
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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
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Good doctors exercise judgment. They make the call and - right or wrong - live with the consequences and learn from them. The redefined M.D. is flawed, but comfortable inside their own skin.
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You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own.
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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.
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My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.
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In the same way that people can drive each other mad, the company of people, and being understood by people, can also heal us.
