Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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Today our books are numberless, and one man cannot master them in a lifetime. Now that the sea-waves are dashing upon our shores, unless we keep pace with the times and acquire Western learning, we shall be left in the lurch.
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If of their pleasures and desires no end be found;God to their cares and fears will set no bound.What would content you? Who can tell?Ye fear so much to lose what you have gotAs if ye liked it well.Ye strive for more, as if ye liked it not.
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At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
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When I hear of anyone walking into a lab and walking out with animals, my heart sings.
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The President ordains the bee to be Immortal. The President ordains.
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Once you've been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it's hard to talk about the weather.
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I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.
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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
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The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.
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I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.
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Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.
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I am not a person to compromise on my priorities and family just for a show.
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In social, you have to innovate in information. If you have the same thing as everyone else, you're just not interesting.
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'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar - and she's blonde!'
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Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
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An increasing number of people are growing uncomfortable with the gulf between the world's rich and the poor. Ostentatiously splashing your money around simply draws attention to that disparity, and to your own position on the lucky higher ground. It suggests a callousness, an inhumanity, a let's-just-rub-their-noses-in-it arrogance.
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My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith.
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Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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Traumatic events are almost impossible to put into words.
