Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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I was an English major in college!
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all.
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I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
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I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.
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No country can become an E.U. member state if it introduces the death penalty.
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I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.
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Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.
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The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry
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Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.
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People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is.
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The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.
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I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.
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You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.
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From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.
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Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves.
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Bad things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Bad things happen to okay people. Bad things happen to everyone.
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Teaching people the skills to deal with such distressing physical reactions.
