Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was… — Tim Hawkins Copy Share Image
Pretending to be okay is a natural defense mechanism of the mind. A persons way of attempting to remains strong! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat. — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
“There are some people in this world who can emotionally disconnect like a light switch. It’s like a mental defense mechanism.” — Vicki Perry Copy Share Image
I turned it into my armor, my defense mechanism and my weapon of self destruction. — Sixx AM Copy Share Image
“Executive dysfunction isn’t distraction. It’s your brain’s defense mechanism kicking in to protect itself from overwhelm.” — Felecia Etienne Copy Share Image
“Personal growth commences with an ego death. Self-pride blunts personal growth because the ego resists change. The ego wants to maintain the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
When my wife and I met, I couldn't talk to her - and my defense mechanism is sarcasm. I belittle someone with… — Mike Vogel Copy Share Image
A big part of becoming a funny person was a major defense mechanism. Onstage, especially as a woman, I've had to be… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“My mind felt numb, like I couldn't really grasp the hurtful things that I had just recently learned. I was well aware… — Courtney Cole Copy Share Image
“DENIAL Defense mechanism in which the existence of unpleasant realities is disavowed; refers to keeping out of conscious awareness any aspects of… — Benjamin Sadock Copy Share Image
[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
“I wish I trusted people more,” Jeter has said. “But when I meet someone, the first thing is, ‘What does this person… — Joseph Bottum Copy Share Image
“A nuclear bomb would have to detonate inside my chest cavity to stir even the faintest of responses from the lump of… — Callie Hart Copy Share Image
I don't really know. I think the first test is when you're very little and you fart, and you laugh at it… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it.… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Romeo laughed harder. "Lady doctors?" "Wyatt calls 'em that." Jules giggled. "Poor fella, stuck with me for a twin. He's been hearing… — Kele Moon Copy Share Image
The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“She'd learned how to disappear in place long ago. She was like one of those animals whose defense mechanism is to blend… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
I've been criticized more for the things I've done right and/or said in truth than any wrong thing I've said or done.… — Andrew Cervantes Copy Share Image
“Aw, angel," he said, shaking his head as he looked around. "I get you now." He got me? What the heck was… — Jessica Gadziala Copy Share Image
“So,” Marlboro Man began over dinner one night. “How many kids do you want to have?” I almost choked on my medium-rare… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I'll apologize," he said, "for the poor timing. And the sorry lack of forethought in not making my interest known. But no'… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of people with mental illness, I spend a lot of time fronting. It’s really important to me to not… — S.E. Smith Copy Share Image
“They were properly mad in the Shakespearean sense, talking sense when you least expected it. In North London, where councillors once voted… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“In ordinary times we get along surprisingly well, on the whole, without ever discovering what our faith really is.If, now and again,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“I understood her hrythm. That feeling of everything inside twisting to the point that if you didn't find a release you'd explode.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
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