Vulnerability Quotes - Page 22

• Centralization of society's vital services in giant computer centers, reservoirs, nuclear power plants, air- traffic control centers, 100-story skyscrapers, and government compounds increases its vulnerability. ... choosing his targets, today's saboteur could pollute a city's water supply, dynamite power transmission towers, cripple an airport control center, destroy a corporate or government computer center.

  Anatol Rapoport

  Airports, Government, Cities

  "Computer crime" by Gerald McKnight, (p. 203), 1973.

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• Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

  Cary Fukunaga

  People, Should, Going To Work

  Interview with Michael Moore, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 2, 2015.

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• Poverty is not simply having no money - it is isolation, vulnerability, humiliation and mistrust.

  Megan Lee

  Poverty, Isolation, Mistrust

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• If I "try" to play, I fail; if I force the play, I crush it; if I race, I trip. Any time I stiffen or brace myself against some error or problem, the very act of bracing would cause the problem to occur. The only road to strength is vulnerability.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Crush, Errors, Race

  Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.64, Penguin

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• If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.

  Morena Baccarin

  People, Watches, News

  "Morena Baccarin: I think everyone should get Anna haircuts!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. November 17, 2009.

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• Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.

  Tanith Lee

  Wine, Would Be, Cups

  Tanith Lee (2016). “Death's Master”, p.72, Penguin

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• Rather than sitting on the sidelines & hurling judgment & advice, we must dare to show up & let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.

  Brené Brown

  Advice, Sitting, Judgment

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• In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.

  Sue Johnson

  Insecure, Partners, Disguise

  Sue Johnson, Kenneth Sanderfer (2016). “Created for Connection: The "Hold Me Tight" Guide for Christian Couples”, p.83, Hachette UK

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• For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

  Walton Goggins

  People, Vulnerable, Violent

  Source: collider.com

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• On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Team, People, Difficult

  Patrick Lencioni (2005). “Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators”, p.35, John Wiley & Sons

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• The only answer to the question of the meaning of life has to begin from the fact of our human finitude, of our vulnerability and our fallibility.

  Simon Critchley

  Meaning Of Life, Answers, Facts

  Simon Critchley, Carl Cederström, Todd Kesselman (2011). “Impossible Objects”, p.33, Polity

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• How many of us have had our hearts broken for whatever reason yet find the courage to continue to reach out for love. Emotional vulnerability is true strength to me.

  Michelle J. Howard

  Heart, Emotional, Broken

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Yeah, once we decided to use that replacement animation, and the seams are a function of that animation, and other movies paint those out, we decided we wanted to keep the presence of the animation and the type of animation that it was rather than make it look polished. It created a kind of vulnerability, I think.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Thinking, Looks, Use

  "Immersed in Movies: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson Talk ‘Anomalisa’ and Adult Stop-Motion". Interview with Bill Desowitz, blogs.indiewire.com. November 16, 2015.

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• If it were possible to hold onto this sort of database and really be assured that only good guys get access to it, we might have a different discussion. Unfortunately, we don't know how to build systems that work that way. We don't know how to do this without creating a big target and a big vulnerability.

  Matt Blaze

  Creating, Guy, Different

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Buddhist, Real, Ignorance

  Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.249, Random House

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• Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent or fraudulent.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, Emotional, Worry

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• U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor kinves, and pepper spray on fourteen commerical flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of uranium into New York City. Then Fox News reports that it flew Osama bin Laden to Washington, D.C., and videotaped him touring the White House.

  Dave Barry

  New York, Cities, Organization

  "Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)". Book by Dave Barry, 2007.

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• good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power.

  James Tiptree Jr.

  Evil, Good And Evil

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• To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Spiritual, Heart, Warrior

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• Vulnerability is the absolute heartbeat of innovation and creativity. There can be zero innovation without vulnerability.

  Brené Brown

  Zero, Creativity, Innovation

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• I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play.

  Kari Matchett

  Character, Play, Roles

  Source: collider.com

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• Can women make use of men's vulnerability not to marry but instead to destroy male power?

  Andrea Dworkin

  Men, Males, Use

  Andrea Dworkin (2000). “Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel and Womens' Liberation”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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• Institutions of the newer participants in global finance had not been tested, until recently...recent crisis have underscored certain financial structure vulnerabilities that are not readily assuaged in the short run.

  Alan Greenspan

  Running, Financial, Finance

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• Well, that's exactly the wrong attitude. That is not the attitude they had in World War II. You're attitude is that freedom means you can do whatever you want whenever you want it. And that sacrifice is somehow un-American. [...] But the idea that we should also be defensive about our flaws and our weaknesses and our vulnerabilities is ridiculous.

  Bill Maher

  Attitude, War, Mean

  "Cnn Talkback Live" with Arthel Neville, www.cnn.com. November 18, 2002.

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• I have a lot of love to give, and when I give that love and others are able to receive it and show me their vulnerability, I believe that God inhabits that space, which means I basically hang out with God a lot, and that's why I feel hopeful.

  Ashley Judd

  Believe, Mean, Space

  Source: www.pbs.org

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