George Vaillant Quotes
It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.
Quotes to Explore
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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If I wasn't Eddie Albert's son, I'd be someone else's. It gave me a chance to do a lot of traveling, but mostly I'm glad I'm his son because he's such a good man.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.
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The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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These women, capable of the most sublime emotions, of the tenderest sympathies, were openmouthed and screaming. They wanted to live, they were helpless, likes rats in a trap, and they screamed.
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I hope, said the third, that your wanderings in lonely places do not mean that you have any of the romantic virus still in your blood. His name was Mr. Humanist.
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
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Dress how you're comfortable. Wear the makeup that you're comfortable in - or don't wear it.
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Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.
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Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, 'Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.'
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If many people follow your enthusiastic endeavours, perhaps a new Athens might be created in the land of the Franks, or rather a much better one.
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If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.
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I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us?
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It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.
