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“In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.”
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“I cross my arms. "It was a two minute conversation." "I don't think a smaller time frame makes it less unwise." He furrows his eyebrows and touches the corner of my bruised eye with his fingertips. My head jerks back, but he doesn't take his hand away. Instead he sighs. "You know, if you could just learn to attack first, you might do better." "Attack first?" I say. "How will that help?" "You're fast. If you can get a few good hits in before they know what's going on, you could win." He shrugs, and his hand falls.”
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“If your body wants comfort, you try to make it learn to give up that. Try to make your body your slave and not you the slave of the body.”
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“I grew up and I became very successful at what I did as a young man. I became a work addict because this was the only way I could get any relief from this pain.”
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“My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.”
Source : Goldie Hawn (2006). “A Lotus Grows in the Mud”, p.50, Penguin
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“What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“All that we can't say is all we need to hear.”
Source : Song: Never Leave Lonely Alone, Album: Both Sides of the Gun, 2006
