Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Make us vulnerable to others’ negativity, so that we respond to their anger with fury or are dragged down by their depression.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
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Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.
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The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.
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For better or for worse, I just have to be on tour for some portion of the year. But it's not easy, you know. It's not easy on the people you love, and I understand when people look at this life and say this isn't sustainable.
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If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.
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Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world. And their manners were their own business. And so were their politics. And so, but ten times so, were their souls.
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The reason why Millennials are inspiring is what they give: the music they give.
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My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
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I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
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I feel like when I'm on stage and when I'm performing - or I think when anybody is developing their talents and sharing it - I think you glow.
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If you think of having a family as being loved as a child, cared for - I did not experience that.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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Anger prepares us to fight and fear prepares us to flee.
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Make us vulnerable to others’ negativity, so that we respond to their anger with fury or are dragged down by their depression.
