Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Like Maier and Seligman’s dogs, many traumatized people simply give up. Rather than risk experimenting with new options they stay stuck in the fear they know.
Bessel van der Kolk
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I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
Taylor Caldwell
To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
Edie Campbell
Liability limit has become a symbol of corporate greed in passing the risk of disaster to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens.
Marvin Ammori
I was shamed.My son, Bill, who was 14 come to me and said: "Mother, you've been professing that you're an atheist for a long time now. Well, I don't believe in God either, but every day in school I'm forced to say prayers, and I feel like a hypocrite. Why should I be compelled to betray my beliefs?" I couldn't answer him.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.
Asif Ali Zardari
The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
Chogyam Trungpa
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.
John C. Reilly
All of us have the potential to be an Absalom, and all of us have the potential to be a David. Absalom felt rejected by his father, David, so he took revenge by seeking to usurp his father’s sphere of authority. David felt rejected by Absalom, but he allowed that rejection to keep him soft and crying out to God.
Bob Sorge
Exactly right. For many African Americans, voting in person holds deep significance. It’s why we need to ensure robust options for in-person voting are retained & available everywhere.
Derrick Johnson
Dreams do come true for those who never give up.
Eiichiro Oda
Like Maier and Seligman’s dogs, many traumatized people simply give up. Rather than risk experimenting with new options they stay stuck in the fear they know.
Bessel van der Kolk