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		Many traumatized people seem to seek out experiences that would repel most of us,14 and patients often complain about a vague sense of emptiness and boredom when they are not angry, under duress, or involved in some dangerous activity.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Sinatra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zig Ziglar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Fielder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't see myself as famous; I see myself as a normal person with a job that is not very normal. My work life is very out there and very public. But I do my best to maintain my privacy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hailey Bieber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Andre Agassi, in his account of becoming an embittered prodigy, seems never to have liked tennis much, except as a vehicle for achievement. The kids who do like life inside the lines can find the flow within that green-and-white geometry. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Gopnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		This is not just a treatment that reduces symptoms. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. R. Hayden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like sugar, be it candy, this season's pumpkin chocolate chip bars, or wine. Sugar is bad for me. It just sits on my tummy, causing my middle child Esme to ask if we are having a fourth baby. Rude! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alicia Coppola 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Battles are followed by years of famine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lao Tzu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				V. S. Naipaul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was married to an abuser, he'd tell me he wouldn't have to get so angry if only I'd be less demanding, more supportive, more understanding. I hid the truth from everyone, especially myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Luanne Rice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many traumatized people seem to seek out experiences that would repel most of us,14 and patients often complain about a vague sense of emptiness and boredom when they are not angry, under duress, or involved in some dangerous activity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bessel van der Kolk