Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Instead, the continued secretion of stress hormones is expressed as agitation and panic.
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There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.
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No one's trying to get with jugglers.
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Have I turned into a motorized preacher? We spend so much time in cars that if you don't try to get some experiences out of it, you can go crazy.
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I’ve done a lot of deals, and I’m skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.
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I would write one true sentence, and then go on from there.
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There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.
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One thing you notice is that you want to walk in the door in the morning. So it's a nice job.
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It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.
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I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.
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Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.
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Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.
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Instead, the continued secretion of stress hormones is expressed as agitation and panic.
