Beverly Engel Quotes
One of the most significant patterns established by those who were emotionally abused in childhood is based on what is called the “repetition compulsion”—an unconscious drive to repeat the same type of abusive relationship we ourselves experienced as a child in an attempt to accomplish a new outcome. The repetition compulsion compels us to transfer our longings, conflicts, and defenses from the past onto the present in an attempt to undo the past.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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When people go to Ladakh, they go to Leh; they don't go to everything in the middle.
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I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my body is infirm and exhausted. All that was left to me and my brothers has been taken away and sold, even to the cloak that I wore, without hearing or trial, to my great dishonor.
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A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast.
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Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
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I'm a young dude from Chicago who grew up with Kanye as my image of hip-hop. Finding your voice in a room where you have to challenge Kanye is scary - but it's also life-affirming.
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I'm not a machine.
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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What else could he possibly have done? What choices did he ever have?
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You want to hit people's ears to make them want to dance in their kitchen. So that is what a hit is to me.
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Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that every dollar the federal government spends that's out there - that that's all posted on a searchable database on the Internet.
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One of the most significant patterns established by those who were emotionally abused in childhood is based on what is called the “repetition compulsion”—an unconscious drive to repeat the same type of abusive relationship we ourselves experienced as a child in an attempt to accomplish a new outcome. The repetition compulsion compels us to transfer our longings, conflicts, and defenses from the past onto the present in an attempt to undo the past.
