Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Now I know people in a different way. It’s not based on memorizing them out of fear. When you’re not afraid of being hurt, you can know people differently.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.
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People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
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Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
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We manufacture automotive components including critical engine and axle parts for passenger cars, diesel engines and medium & heavy commercial vehicles. Till 1997, our focus was almost entirely on the domestic market with a relatively insignificant portion of revenues from exports.
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I'm a Rihanna, Beyoncé kind of person.
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Now I know people in a different way. It’s not based on memorizing them out of fear. When you’re not afraid of being hurt, you can know people differently.
