Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of being alone, whereas defensiveness and scorn are a participation in precisely what, by these means, you want to separate yourself from.
Rainer Maria RilkeStichwörter: wisdom loneliness scorn childlikeness defensiveness
Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy, when in fact it is much more likely the result of systematic and intensive social conditioning.
Melanie JoyStichwörter: animals apathy defensiveness vegans advocates animal-advocates social-condition
Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a spell himself. He'd sounded so convincing, so logical, so sad, that she'd found herself wanting to believe him. But testing prods at his argument had made him angry, and long years with Gavin had taught her that angry, defensive people shared the lousy habit of being wrong.
Stephen M. IrwinStichwörter: anger pride supernatural untruth defensiveness charisma conning wariness
It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.
Christopher HitchensStichwörter: defensiveness argumentation september-11-attacks noam-chomsky
Defend myself? I cannot defend the verbal repressions of a boy. A curmudgeonly, cantankerous, ill-tempered, counterfeit boy.
Coco J. GingerStichwörter: love boys silence defensiveness love-story jamie-weise
I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.
Anthony KiedisStichwörter: listening being defensiveness
Everyone these days was defensive about their lives. Everyone had settled.
Lorrie MooreStichwörter: settling defensiveness people-today
The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv, you keep scenes alive but accepting whatever you are given and then adding to it or amplifying it. There is no space on stage for 'No,' 'I'm sorry, you're mistaken,' or 'Yes, but...'. Those transitions kill energy, set up interpersonal conflict, engage the ego in a defensive posture, and stymie the flow of conversation onstage.
Jason SeidenStichwörter: life-lessons good-advice defensiveness interpersonal-communication interpersonal-relationships communication-skills improv
Have we become so defensive that we cannot even tolerate a kind act?
Kyra GregoryStichwörter: pain frustration anger angst defensiveness defensive
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