Quotes by Bombarded By Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care. Alain de Botton bombarded-by priorities successful Despite the obvious emphasis of Scripture (in regard to suffering), we are bombarded by suggestions that the 'successful' Christian living takes place in the realm of constant victory, health, wholeness, and financial prosperity. In response to this we are not to pretend that suffering doesn’t exist or that it might be instantly cured. Such notions are the product of empty heads and closed Bibles. Alistair Begg bombarded-by successful christian Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves. Bessel van der Kolk bombarded-by self past The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, "That's who I should grow up to be." It's odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted; I had no idea what it was like actually to be her. In those days, we weren't bombarded by images the way we are now, and the ones we did have were more vivid in people's minds. Bette Midler bombarded-by growing-up ideas The desire for success is inherent within all of us. It is a part of our nature to want to grow, to improve the quality of our lives. However, nothing improves by accident, it requires conscious attention. When you are being bombarded by negatives, improvement, growth and success are easy to forget. Bob Proctor bombarded-by growth desire Every day you are bombarded by so many different things. When you sit down to process everything, it can become interesting visually. You can incorporate a lot of those things that you internalize. Chath Piersath bombarded-by different interesting In the garden of gentle sanity, Chogyam Trungpa bombarded-by coconuts garden How irritating it must be for people, to be bombarded with me! Daniel Radcliffe bombarded-by irritating people When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards. Diane Abbott bombarded-by dark children One of the more positive aspects of our existence in Oceania is that truth is flexible and negotiable, despite attempts by some of us to impose political, religious, and other forms of absolutionism. Versions of truth may be accepted for particular purposes and moments, only to be reversed when circumstances demand other versions; and we often accede to things just to stop being bombarded, and then go ahead and do what we want to do anyway. Epeli Hau'ofa bombarded-by political religious Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career. Helen Fielding bombarded-by careers should-have If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation. Jehane Noujaim bombarded-by media thinking I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them. Jeremy Lin bombarded-by media space These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence. Margaret J. Wheatley bombarded-by violence war We're always bombarded with images from magazines of what looks cool and sexy. Marilu Henner bombarded-by sexy looks In our daily lives, where we're bombarded by the fake and the trivial, reading serves as a way to stop, shut out the noise of the world, and try to grab hold of something real, no matter how small. Maureen Corrigan bombarded-by real reading Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time. Michael Bolton bombarded-by information song We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates. Michelle Obama bombarded-by kids looks You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images. Sam Mendes bombarded-by want sometimes If you are bombarded by so many thoughts in solitude, you are in ignorance. If you are calm even amidst a crowd then you are in knowledge. 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