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• If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.

  Pema Chodron

  Kindness, Compassion, Circles

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

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• I prefer to date younger girls to be more protective.

  Zayn Malik

  Girl

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• He tasted each one of them. The raw power and majesty of Wrath. The vast strength of Rhage. The burning, protective loyalty of Phury. The cold savagery of Zsadist. The sharp cunning of Vishous.

  J.R. Ward

  Loyalty, Wrath, Zsadist

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Revealed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.444, Penguin

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• The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.

  Bill Simmons

  Player, Nhl, Nba

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• What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson once wonderfully phrased it, "teetering bulbs of dread and dream" - that is, only in association with certain kinds of gooey lumps encased in hard protective shells mounted atop mobile pedestals that roam the world on pairs of slightly fuzzy, jointed stilts?

  Douglas Hofstadter

  Dream, Pedestal, Shells

  "Godel, Escher, Bach". Book by Douglas Hofstadter, observer.com. 1979.

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• Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child

  Gregory David Roberts

  Children, Hands, Inspire

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.287, Macmillan

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• That macho protective bullshit is just some asshat man pissing on his territory so the other dogs will stay away.

  Tammara Webber

  Dog, Men, Bullshit

  Tammara Webber (2014). “Between the Lines: The Complete Series”, p.519, Tammara Webber

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• I am feeling as if my parents are my children. I'm extremely protective about both of them while on the set

  Ranbir Kapoor

  Children, Parent, Feelings

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• Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

  David Levithan

  Cheating, Teenager, Mean

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.145, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

  Christina Ricci

  Rap, People, Feels

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• She [my mother] said, "You are fiercely protective of your inventions because you are your fans." She helped me understand my own feelings. When someone has pulled the wool over my eyes, I feel that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of millions of fans around the world. She helped me to forgive. You can't force people to have the same world consciousness and awareness as you do.

  Lady Gaga

  Mom, Eye, People

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

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• I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

  Rupert Giles

  Pride, Thinking, Order

  "Fictional chracter: Rupert Giles". TV Series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ("Some Assembly Required", 1997), www.imdb.com. 1997–2003.

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• In the world of development, if one mixes the poor and the nonpoor in a program, the nonpoor will always drive out the poor, and the less poor will drive out the more poor, unless protective measures are instituted right at the beginning.  In such cases, the nonpoor reap the benefits of all that is done in the name of the poor.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Names, Done, Development

  Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty”, p.32, PublicAffairs

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• The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And it tells us that for a family to need help--or at least to admit it publicly--is to confess failure. Similarly, to give help, however generously, is to acknowledge the inadequacy of the recipients and indirectly to condemn them, to stigmatize them, and even to weaken what impulse they have toward self-sufficiency.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Self, Giving, Needs

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• I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or chronological at all, even with the short story. I will just be writing bits and pieces, and then when I have all the pieces on the table, that for me is when it feels like the real work begins.

  Jill McCorkle

  Real, Writing, Together

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• We would always be under The Pentagon's protective umbrella

  Omar Torrijos

  Umbrella, Pentagon

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• The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me.

  Kelsea Ballerini

  Song, Fun, Writing

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective.

  Kelsea Ballerini

  Writing, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Children, Tvs, My Children

  "Couple of the Moment: Kimora & Djimon" by Marshall Heyman, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 14, 2008.

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• Football is an absolutely idiotic pastime by any rational standards. You're running into other people as hard as you can, you get frequent muscle strains and ligament tears, and the protective padding really doesn't do all that much to absorb the blunt trauma.

  Chris Kluwe

  Football, Running, Nfl

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• Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these stunt guys are so good [and] they're never going to put you in danger. But it's fun to do something kind of exciting, even something as simple as driving 70 through a tunnel with five motorcycles ... it sounds simple, but it's actually really nerve-wracking.

  Ethan Hawke

  Fun, Simple, Tunnels

  "Ethan Hawke Talks GETAWAY, Practical Stuntwork, His Reaction to BEFORE MIDNIGHT’s Reception, Sci-Fi after GATTACA, CYMBELINE & More Upcoming Projects". Interview with Dave Trumbore, collider.com. August 27, 2013.

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• The news of my pregnancy got out when I was in the middle of my first trimester. I hadn't even had a chance to tell my friends. That alone was so ugly. It made me hyper-protective ... I feel uncomfortable with people reading too much about my pregnancy or my relationship. It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect.

  Jennifer Garner

  Sweet, Reading, Pregnancy

  "Garner slams press for leaking pregnancy". www.sfgate.com. August 18, 2005.

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• When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.

  Mason Cooley

  Parent, Adults, Feels

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• In fact, the family as an institution is both oppressive and protective and, depending on the issue, is experienced sometimes one way, sometimes the other - often in some mix of the two - by most people who live in families.

  Lillian B. Rubin

  Family, Two, Issues

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• I notice that as I get rid of the protective covering of the middle years, I am more openly amused and incautious and less careful socially, and that all this makes for increasingly pleasant contacts with the world.

  M. F. K. Fisher

  Years, Covering, World

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