A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.
Being a perfectionist, I didn't want to settle for just getting by, so I enrolled in a vocal training program. I then learned that songwriting and studying the voice actually pair with a lot of troubles that I had expressing myself, being vulnerable, trusting other people, trusting myself, calming anxiety. It became a life instructor of sorts and that is what kept me engaged with it.
It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
I feel terribly vulnerable and 'not-myself' when I'm not writing.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
I feel the most vulnerable when I'm in love.
But obviously, things have changed in many ways since the '50s, when the show is started, in terms of sexuality, and how much access we have to images of it and information about it. But, the same problems always apply. It doesn't matter whether we know a lot more about sex now or if there's a lot more access to it. The same problems of intimacy, of dealing with other people, of connecting and being vulnerable with other people, which is what the show is ultimately about, still applies now, I think.
I still think the revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.
If it comes down to a choice between being unloved and being vulnerable and sensitive and emotional, then you can just keep your love.
We all grew up so utterly vulnerable, enthralled by romantic love as we knew it. First of all, it was pounded into you every which way that you've got to get married and you've got to have babies. That you're not a natural woman if you don't. So that led to a lot of sitting by the telephone and waiting for a call. And that led you into a culture in which you were always in a subordinate position without realizing it; hamstrung, not able to take action. That was the most important thing: you were always waiting to be desired.
I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered.
Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.
The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
All of us are vulnerable, and at times we all feel adrift. But somehow, we all muddle through.
Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.
I learned that pretending you don't have feelings makes you feel unhappy and unfulfilled and, ultimately, is what really makes you vulnerable because you are hiding from the truth.
I am desperate and vulnerable. . . . I am always terrified. . . . Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.
As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.
The beginning of a project or anything is what makes me feel vulnerable. How to take that first step. And the ending of anything. How to release what you know and leap into the unknown.
Because our agriculture is so spread out, that makes it vulnerable. Our food gets transported a number of times and very widely.