Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
The roots of resilience . . . are to be found in the sense of being understood by and existing in the mind and heart of a loving, attuned, and self-possessed other.
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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Every human being makes mistakes.
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In basic research, intellectual rigor and sentimental freedom necessarily alternate.
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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
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I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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For me, the most important thing is running a good clubhouse. The X's and the O's – you sit up in the stands and, for the most part, a lot of fans go to the game and they know what's going to happen. You're going to hit and run, steal, put a pitcher in, take a pitcher out.
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People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.
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I used to work a lot on ranches where I grew up, and I had to rise at 5:30 in the morning.
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All writers are egomaniacal, manic-depressive, drug-addicted alcoholics. You want to have that fix again.
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A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It's acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion.
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Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.
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When I'm singing, that's all me. That's from the bottom of my heart - it's everything I've worked for. When you're on stage, there are no guidelines. No one's telling me what to do!
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The roots of resilience . . . are to be found in the sense of being understood by and existing in the mind and heart of a loving, attuned, and self-possessed other.
