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Stanislav Grof Quotes

The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: czechoslovakian
Birth: July 1, 1931

Topics

Fear Death World Way Individual

I've had the acting bug since I was, like, five. But growing up, I saw how people treated me differently when they knew who my father was, even the stuff I did on the field. Sometimes I'd rush for 100 yards, and the headline would be, 'Denzel's son runs for 100 yards.' That's where the suppression of that bug came from.

John David Washington

Father Son People Me Growing Up Up

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

Family Mother Brother You Play Know

I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am.

Robert Griffin III

Work God I Am Me Thank God Rebel

That's part of the character of Shanghainese people. They're good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of your personality: Shanghai personality becomes part of yours. Just like New Yorkers - they're often like that.

Good Character Personality People Up

It's a challenge to grow professionally and move up the corporate ladder when you're not receiving feedback on your performance.

Challenge Performance Grow You Up

To be sure, those who are actually engaged in combat - those who actually see the maimed bodies and mourning mothers - struggle more than the rest of us to make sense of the reality of war.

Stanley Hauerwas

Struggle War Rest Reality More See

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.

Reality Fiction Role Supposed

I never get recognized for 'Mean Girls.' I can be walking around with Daniel Franzese, who's in the movie and a friend of mine, and people will come up to him and start freaking out and have no idea who I am.

Friend I Am People Start Walking

I supported Barack Obama. I wasn't very quiet about my support. I thought he was going to be a refreshing change to George Bush. But what has happened is that we have an election that's become a single-issue election, and that issue is Barack Obama. And he's an icon to both sides.

Jonathan Turley

Change Support Thought Election

But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the pop genre and represent them to people so that they see them in a new way. I think the best example is Andy Warhol's work, the image of Marilyn Monroe or the Campbell's soup can.

Work Best People Soup Think New

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

Serena Williams

Best Day Me I Can Champions Nervous

My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.

Richard Dawkins

Me Understanding Evolution Personal

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