Quotes of the day, April 26

  • We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.
    Nursultan Nazarbayev
    Nursultan Nazarbayev
  • October 10

  • ... no man can be psychologically castrated without his co-operation!
    Eda LeShan
    Eda LeShan
  • October 9

  • I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.
    Park Shin-hye
    Park Shin-hye
  • October 8

  • The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.
    Samuel Johnson
    Samuel Johnson
  • October 7

  • It's always been a dream of mine to do a voice for a Disney movie. I think Disney movies and theater are very closely related. That would be amazing. I don't know about doing a Broadway musical, just because I don't really know how people do it. You just work all the time. That's something that I would definitely have to work up to.
    Alexa Ray Joel
    Alexa Ray Joel
  • October 6

  • Our study clearly showed that when traumatized people are presented with images, sounds, or thoughts related to their particular experience, the amygdala reacts with alarm—even, as in Marsha’s case, thirteen years after the event. Activation of this fear center triggers the cascade of stress hormones and nerve impulses that drive up blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen intake—preparing the body for fight or flight. The monitors attached to Marsha’s arms recorded this physiological state of frantic arousal, even though she never totally lost track of the fact that she was resting quietly in the scanner.
    Bessel van der Kolk
    Bessel van der Kolk
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