12 Defense Mechanism Quotes for You to Enjoy

There's hardly any precedent for a guy like me to have the career that I've had. Because I grew up the way I grew up, I'm an in-your-face kind of guy. I developed that as a defense mechanism to survive in the streets. I do that in Hollywood in the service of my passion. John Singleton

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Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. Monica Raymund

Survival Defense Defense Mechanism Lying Only Also Mechanism Technique Coping

A big part of becoming a funny person was a major defense mechanism. Onstage, especially as a woman, I've had to be really tough. The second you show a crack, the audience can literally leave. Amy Schumer

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Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive. Ashley Graham

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People use irony as a defense mechanism. David Byrne

People Defense Defense Mechanism Irony Use Mechanism

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud. Emma Stone

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When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism. Katrina Kaif

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I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester. Peter DeLuise

Defense Defense Mechanism Kid Mechanism Fat

In Ronald Reagan's chaotic childhood, the imagination was armor. There is nothing unusual about that; transcending the doubts, hesitations, and fears swirling around you by casting yourself internally as the hero of your own adventure story is a characteristic psychic defense mechanism of the Boy Who Disappears. Rick Perlstein

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I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. Sherri Shepherd

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