Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

Because I teach and write about depression and bipolar illness, I am often asked what is the most important factor in treating bipolar disorder. My answer is competence. Empathy is important, but competence is essential.

Kay Redfield Jamison

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DepressionI AmEmpathyImportant

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.

Jill Scott

LoveStartUpCheeksFoodsThen

Depression is like pushing a car up a hill. It takes all my energy to push the car up the hill. I don't have any energy left to write.

Tony Earley

CarDepressionEnergyPushHillUp

Most of our physical education teachers were just teachers, and they had to do the extra stuff on their own. I remember very vividly that they would hold a cane pole between two of the students down low, and we would all jump over it. And they would raise it and raise it and raise it.

Johnny Mathis

EducationRememberDownJumpOver

'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.

Johnny Van Zant

HomeBirdSweetFreeTimelessJust

I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky.

Devon Sawa

Just BecauseNervousTalkGetJust

I watched a lot of Jerry Rice's film just to learn how to run routes, but it was so difficult to imitate him, and he didn't play with the same body language that I wanted to play with.

Doug Baldwin

LanguageLearnBodyPlayRunHim

My father was a schoolteacher, and so I had the advantage of both western educational instruction in the school, as well as what you might call the process of imbibing the traditional processes of education instruction around me.

Wole Soyinka

EducationFatherSchoolMeProcess

Life is not all a bowl of cherries. There are days when you aren't going to feel up to par. And it's healthy to see it in yourself and to ask, 'Hey, what's going on?'

Phyllis Smith

LifeYourselfFeelYouHealthySee

I like Dubai because of the sheer scale on which the city is built. It is completely futuristic but with a warm, old-world ethos.

Prabhas

CityWarmDubaiBecauseLikeBuilt

Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.

Peter Tork

PurposeOriginalSongsVeryWere

I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

Shelby Lynne

WoodsCountryI Was RaisedAlabama

Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own plane, plenty of cash, even job security - whether kings, sheiks or presidents, with or without elections, most serve for life.

Elliott Abrams

LifeLeaderJobTravelSecurityOwn

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