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• He put his arms around her. “Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?” She sighed. “I suppose.” “You suppose?” “What do you want? A medal?” “For starters. A trophy would be nice, too.” She smiled. “What do you think you're holding right now?

  Nicholas Sparks

  Nice, Thinking, Would Be

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Sep 19, 2012

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• I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding or riding the high seas.

  Richelle Mead

  Dog, Self, Sea

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• It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!

  Tamora Pierce

  Winning, Night, Done

  Tamora Pierce (2017). “Alanna: The Song of the Lioness”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• Oh, come off it,” said Ron, striding over to her and whipping her results out of her hand. “Yep— ten ‘Outstandings’ and one ‘Exceeds Expectations’ at Defense Against the Dark Arts.” He looked down at her, half-amused, half-exasperated. “You’re actually disappointed, aren’t you?

  J. K. Rowling

  Art, Dark, Hands

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• We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of 20 year old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the f...k you're talking about.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Country, Real, Believe

  "Fictional character: Will McAvoy". "The Newsroom". Season 1, Episode 1: "We Just Decided To", www.imdb.com. June 24, 2012.

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• In Cookie's defense, it was raining wildcats and rabid dogs.

  Darynda Jones

  Dog, Rain, Cookies

  Darynda Jones (2011). “Second Grave on the Left”, p.264, Macmillan

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• Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

  Milton Friedman

  Motivation, Military, Loss

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• I read in self-defense.

  Woody Allen

  Self, Self Defense

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• I can't believe they even bothered filling that faculty position again. They might as well rename the class Defense Against the Dark Arts. I mean, seriously, who would answer an ad for this job?

  Rachel Vincent

  Art, Jobs, Believe

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Before I Wake”, p.27, Harlequin

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• There's no defense against stupidity.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Stupidity

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• The artificial primacy of defense among our national priorities is a constant unearned windfall for some, but it's privation for the rest of America; it steals from what we could be and can do. In Econ 101, they teach that the big-picture fight over national priorities is guns versus butter. Now it's butter versus margarine—guns get a pass. Overall, we're weaker for it, and at enormous cost.

  Rachel Maddow

  Fighting, Gun, America

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• To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security as primary conditions of life cannot have faith; whoever shuts himself off in a system of defense, where distance and possession are his means of security, makes himself a prisoner. To be loved, and to love, need courage, the courage to judge certain values as of ultimate concern – and to take the jump and to stake everything on these values.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Pain, Disappointment

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.139, Open Road Media

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• My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.

  Margaret Edson

  Vocabulary, Acquisition

  Margaret Edson (2014). “Wit: A Play”, p.44, Macmillan

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• When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

  Ron Paul

  Goal, Political, Liberty

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• He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here like a child playing hide-and-seek; he was not going to die kneeling at Voldemort’s feet . . . he was going to die upright like his father, and he was going to die trying to defend himself, even if no defense was possible. . . .

  J. K. Rowling

  Children, Father, Feet

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• An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

  Jodi Picoult

  Apology, Built

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.265, Simon and Schuster

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• No. I took this job in self-defense. Quain burns everything. Belen thinks jerky is all we need to survive. Flea's idea of a good meal is something that hasn't been in a garbage can first. And Kerrick poisoned us-' 'Not on purpose,' Kerrick said. 'The meat looked done.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Jobs, Thinking, Self

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• Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic wisdom, and is not always bad - at an existential level, it is my body rebelling against its entrapment. It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Procrastination, Fighting, Exercise

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.122, Random House

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• The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case of self-inflicted wounding, this pain acts as the body's own defense mechanism to stop one from proceeding in the effort at physical injury. If a person proceeds despite the pain, that means that he or she is motivated by something stronger than the pain, something that makes him or her capable of ignoring or enduring it.

  Steven Levenkron

  Pain, Mean, Self

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• The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

  Dan Brown

  Stress, Reality, Ego

  Dan Brown (2014). “Inferno: Special Illustrated Edition (Enhanced): Featuring Robert Langdon”, p.377, Knopf

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• No matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Ther's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

  Alfred Bester

  Betrayal, Matter, Betray

  "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 12), 1957.

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• Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time someone said, "No you can't.

  Marc Maron

  Personality, Littles, Firsts

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• Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

  Steven Pressfield

  Men, Brave, Arms

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• I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn't think of any real good reason. There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

  S. E. Hinton

  Fun, Real, Pride

  S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.110, Penguin

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• Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Blue, Self, Made

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

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