Shields Quotes - Page 10

• I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare, 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying, 'Sir, there is a man at the musical gates saying he is here to save R&B.

  Jamie Foxx

  Men, People, Musical

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.

  Damon Lindelof

  Thinking, Phenomenal, Finale

  "Interview with LOST Co-Creator Damon Lindelof". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. February 1, 2010.

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• We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009.

  Mike Pence

  Czech Republic, Defense, Clinton

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Giving Up, Czech Republic, Nuclear

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Thou art Justice ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England thou Shield'st alike the high and low.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Art, Law, Justice

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1842). “The masque of Anarchy, a poem, with a preface by L. Hunt. To which is added, Queen Liberty; Song- To the men of England”, p.18

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• But there are still good shows like 24, Boomtown and the Wire, the Shield.

  Shemar Moore

  Wire, Shows, Stills

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I shut up everything inside. Everything." Words ground out through clenched teeth. "I thought if I could hold it, just hold it, it would be fine. But it's not." "Why?" she asked. "Why are you losing control so badly?" The answer, when it came, broke Sascha's heart. "Hawke." It was an almost soundless whisper. "Oh, Sienna." She stroked her hand over the girl's hair, even as her mind worked at piercing speed. "Has it been cumulative?" Sienna nodded. "The second I met him, everything crumbled, my shields, my conditioning, everything!

  Nalini Singh

  Girl, Heart, Hair

  Nalini Singh (2011). “The Psy-Changeling eBook Collection”, p.929, Hachette UK

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• We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Spiritual, Imperfection, Should

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• Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.

  John Updike

  Pain, Writing, Honey

  FaceBook post by John Updike from Feb 22, 2013

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• Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

  James K. Polk

  Minorities, Constitution, Oppression

  Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.

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• People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity.

  Mark Ruffalo

  People, House, Actors

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• ...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.

  Charles Darwin

  Victory, Important, May

  Charles Darwin (2016). “On the Origin of Species: the Evolution”, p.55, VM eBooks

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• A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.

  Jessica Savitch

  Blood, Doe, Cards

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• If you draw your sword against those you sworn to protect, the very ones who trust in your strength, how will you convince them that you are a shield when the dragons come and take them away?

  Bryan Davis

  Dragons, Protect, Draws

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• Zoe readied her arrows. Grover lifted his pipes. Thalia raised her shield and I noticed a tear running down her cheek. Suddenly it occurred to me: this had happened to her before.She had been cornered on Half- Blood Hill. She'd willingly given her life for her friends. But this time she couldn't save us.

  Rick Riordan

  Running, Blood, Arrows

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

  Brené Brown

  Differences, Addiction, Anxiety

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

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• When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.

  Samantha Mumba

  Groups, Corners, My Friends

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• Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

  Meshell Ndegeocello

  Kindness, People, Encounters

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• I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.

  Judd Nelson

  America, People, Captains

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

  Frank Herbert

  Progress, Utopia, Terror

  Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

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• I have to fix this,” I told him, as clearly and calmly as I could. “If you want to help me, then help me. Don’t shield me, don’t protect me, don’t bury me alive. Help me .

  Karen Chance

  Alive, Want, Helping

  Karen Chance (2011). “Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.309, Penguin

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• Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

  Saint Augustine

  Jesus, Sleep, Angel

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• I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.

  George R. R. Martin

  Wall, Men, Light

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.817, Bantam

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• I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage—not like the marriage you have with Cam—until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Heart, Doors, House

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• Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

  Louise Slaughter

  Honesty, Integrity, Government

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