Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
two critical aspects of the adaptive response to threat that is basic to human survival.
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I think all politicians lie.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.
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Music is such a healing thing, no matter who you are.
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The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.
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The function which the wing performs against the air when the air is motionless is the same as that of the air moved against the wings when these are without motion.
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Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'
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California - with more cars, more drivers and more people - still has less DWI-related deaths than Texas does.
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We talk about Hollywood being pro-labor, yet about 70% of our industry has been farmed out to Canada, meaning we are losing jobs like crazy. Where's organized labor asking how we can allow such a thing to happen?
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Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills.
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I've been home-schooled since I was in the fifth grade, mainly because I had two brothers who were acting. We were from Kansas but moved out to Los Angeles.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
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In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone.
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Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding.
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You are as good as your product. When you are used and loved by everyone, your brand equity is high. When you are not, you're not.
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I'm not gay.
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What makes us really, truly successful over the long term has a ton to do with our social interactions and the influence we do or don't have with other people.
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I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.
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Entire affection hateth nicer hands.
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A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
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I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.
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two critical aspects of the adaptive response to threat that is basic to human survival.
