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.Beverly Engel
Quotes to Explore
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
Mae West -
It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
Barry Mann -
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.
Vikas Swarup -
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
L. Sprague de Camp -
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
Jackie Kennedy -
A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
Jack Nicholson
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
Barbara Sher -
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.
E. L. Doctorow -
We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
Ted Yoho -
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
Yoko Ono -
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.
Christopher Columbus
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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.
Javier Camara -
Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
Benjamin Walker -
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.
Chance The Rapper -
I'm not a machine.
Angelique Kerber -
Good words will not give me back my children.
Chief Joseph -
What I'm in favor of is making sure we have security for our country and we can control access to our country.
Darryl Glenn
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Typically, I spend a lot of time - mostly in the morning - kind of drifting, reading, walking down along the river, looking at photographs, or even driving around. Then, if I'm lucky, I get to work in the early afternoon, one way or another.
David Means -
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you're better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
Thomas More -
A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because... I've done this. I've ordered these kinds of actions - I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.
Bill Clinton -
It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine -
Today the environmental movement has become opposed to issues of justice. You can see this in the way issues are framed. It's a permanent replay of jobs-versus-the-environment, in nature-versus-bread. These are extremely artificial dichotomies.
Vandana Shiva -
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.
Beverly Engel