Beverly Engel Quotes
By not standing up for themselves when it is appropriate, many survivors damage their self-esteem. They become angry and ashamed of themselves for putting up with inappropriate behavior. The more they put up with, the worse they feel. Soon, they begin to believe they don’t have a right to complain and convince themselves they are making a big thing out of nothing.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.
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Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.
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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.
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I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.
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There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That's obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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'Srimanthudu' is a film very close to my heart. It's my first production, and I'm more than happy with its performance at the box office.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.
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I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
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I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.
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I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.
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I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.
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If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in his presence.
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I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.
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But I saw the pair of them, along with everyone else. Hard to miss. Him towering like a raggedy scarecrow in that flapping black scholar's gown, and the sword always quiet next to him, sweet as honey, and poison with it.
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Life is an extravagant gown, riddled with lice.
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Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers.
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Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
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We need a pharmacological intervention on anti-social behavior or we are not going to get hold of our dilemma.
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By not standing up for themselves when it is appropriate, many survivors damage their self-esteem. They become angry and ashamed of themselves for putting up with inappropriate behavior. The more they put up with, the worse they feel. Soon, they begin to believe they don’t have a right to complain and convince themselves they are making a big thing out of nothing.
