Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

Life goes on, but in two temporal directions at once, the future unable to escape the grip of a memory laden with grief.

Bessel van der Kolk

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• When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Family
  • Growing
  • Value

• On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Country
  • War
  • Society

• I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Bike
  • Ride
  • Motorcycle

• The way to resumption is to resume.

  

  Salmon Portland Chase

• I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Play
  • Golf
  • Horse

• We are a motivated team, and there is nothing that can stop us from winning the title. Even if I had lost, my teammates would have made up for it.

  

  Ma Long
  • Up
  • Team
  • Lost

• 'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • World
  • You
  • Vogue

• I like to dress up every now and then.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Up
  • Now
  • Dress

• When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that.

  

  Taylor Phinney
  • Dance
  • Training
  • Contract

• We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Time
  • Travel
  • End

• To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Good
  • Night
  • Judge

• Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Acting
  • Strange
  • Very

• I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • People
  • Music
  • Rock

• 我们的原则是党指挥枪，而决不容许枪指挥党。

  

  Mao Zedong

• It's hard to keep things moving. And that's always a big trick. I think for me, the key is setting really big goals. And, you know, with YouTube, I think we've had tremendous leadership, both with the founders and now with Salar, who's been running it.

  

  Larry Page
  • Running
  • Moving
  • Leadership

• I wasn't enjoying golf much. I was kind of getting a little bit tired, I was getting a little bit moody, and I was constantly getting angry. That's not me. And when I saw that I knew I had to change.

  

  Paula Creamer
  • Tired
  • Golf
  • Angry

• I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

  

  Kristy Swanson
  • Work
  • Money
  • Respect

• I wish my mother could have seen the America we’re going to build together. An America, where if you do your part, you reap the rewards. Where we don’t leave anyone out, or anyone behind. An America where a father can tell his daughter: yes, you can be anything you want to be. Even President of the United States.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • America
  • Together
  • Mother

• And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

  

  Jim Valvano
  • Important
  • Smile
  • Hug

• I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Reason
  • Feel
  • Working

• Life goes on, but in two temporal directions at once, the future unable to escape the grip of a memory laden with grief.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Life
  • Memory
  • Escape