Vulnerability Quotes - Page 21

• Marco Rubio said he was personally open over a long period of time to offering a path to citizenship for immigrants here illegally. Rubio's work on a comprehensive immigration bill is one of his biggest vulnerabilities with Republican primary voters.

  Ted Cruz

  Offering, Long, Immigration

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Vulnerability is power.

  Saul Williams

  "Saul Williams" by Liam Singer, pitchfork.com. September 26, 2004.

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• The casting director on the movie made me aware of her. She told me what to watch Starter For Ten, which I did and thought she was great in. She was just so charming and beautiful. But I felt she could probably look plain if we tried. And when I subsequently met with her, I was so charmed by her vulnerability and sweetness. Those were two qualities that were the most important for that character.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Beautiful, Character, Two

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Tango is serious and takes discipline. It must be studied hard to be done well. It is elegant, formal, passionate and intimate. It is about power and vulnerability. It is both dance and metaphor. And to its captives becomes a magnificent obsession

  Janny Scott

  Dance, Discipline, Serious

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• Really, for me, it's important to know who's pitching and who's catching - just what that scene is supposed to accomplish in terms of storytelling. That being said, on the day, basically what you're trying to get yourself into an open place. And if the character is in a state of anxiety or vulnerability, you try to find some touchstone.

  Susan Sarandon

  Character, Anxiety, Important

  Interview with George Saunders, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 27, 2016.

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• When you're all in, you will know sweet vulnerability.

  John de Ruiter

  Sweet, Knows

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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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• As I'm getting older, I'm moving away from calculations and measurement. I'm trying to be more open to vulnerability and mistakes.

  Micah Lexier

  Mistake, Moving, Getting Older

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2013.

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• Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.

  Brian Houston

  People, Goal, Leader

  Twitter post from Jun 09, 2015

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.

  Nick Nolte

  Warrior, Perfection, Victory

  "Fictional character: Socrates". "Peaceful Warrior", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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

  Megan Lee

  Poverty, Isolation, Mistrust

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• I'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved.

  Kari Matchett

  Roles, Looking Forward, Greater

  Source: collider.com

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