As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster.
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Related Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we'r... TAVI GEVINSON Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my ... ED HELMS Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified... BRENE BROWN I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum. MARCY KAPTUR Right now we have a proof of concept for that particular vulnerability. The vulnerability can be exp... JUSTINE AITEL But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and th... CONDOLEEZZA RICE A woman's greatest power is her vulnerability. UNKNOWN Some of the best actors think they're terrible; that's what keeps you connected to a vulnera... JESSIE MUELLER We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have bee... BOB GRAHAM We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have seriou... CONDOLEEZZA RICE I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerabi... JUAN PABLO DI PACE Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but al... DOUGLAS WOOD I think one's relationship with one's vulnerability is a very delicate and precious relation... PHILIP SCHULTZ It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... May... ELIZABETH REASER There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my ... IDINA MENZEL Vulnerability of all the emotions is the one that is most often mistaken for weakness. In reality ho... JELLIS VAES When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defin... BRENE BROWN There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability. FINN WITTROCK We are afraid of ourselves and our own unconscious minds. When we are building something that reflec... GRAY SCOTT We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a dim... JOHN ORTBERG JR. As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another ba... ADAM GRANT I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can h... ELISABETH SHUE Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It... BRENE BROWN I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to m... IDINA MENZEL I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own. JANE LYNCH I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in ... SKYLAR GREY Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we wo... EARL NIGHTINGALE We knew about this vulnerability a month before the worm emerged, ... If companies knew to scan even... CHRISTOPHER KLAUS There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were una... RACHEL HUNTER The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I&... BRENE BROWN Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER We can appear to be tough as nails, but guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's... JOHN KRASINSKI Mothers have this huge influence, and I feel like they're always teaching us from the day we'... AMY TAN It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. ... DAVE BRUBECK It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ult... ALEX LOWE I feel that every day, all of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured ... DAVID MCCANDLESS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You&... GEOFF JOHNS This is not a new concern, but it is one we take seriously. We are working to reduce our vulnerabili... GORDON JOHNDROE The Earth - from our altitude at Hubble, we're 350 miles up. We can see the curvature. We can se... MICHAEL J. MASSIMINO We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to p... MICHELLE WIE As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a fi... KARAN JOHAR Yes, I certainly look for strong characters - whether that means they're strong in their vulnera... VICKY MCCLURE I think celebrity has become almost normalized. I feel like we all live our lives in a pale imitatio... JESS WALTER It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chr... BEBE REXHA We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot ... THURSTON MOORE Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. Wi... JOHN KRASINSKI When we can't determine what is art - when you get to that point where we're not sure, that&... RICHARD PHILLIPS For example, we are dependent on India for much of our software. So is that a vulnerability? Is that... HARLAN ULLMAN In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows ... VICTORIA PRATT I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to s... BILL KREUTZMANN Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we'... OCTAVIA E. BUTLER People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed ... RILEY KEOUGH Even when we feel weak and vulnerable, we have to remember that pure vulnerability eventually manife... JACENT MARY MPALYENKANA I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a s... MARY TYLER MOORE God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whate... JOYCE MEYER Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn... BRENE BROWN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change arou... SHAH RUKH KHAN Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also t... BILL WALTON The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have ... MATT BLUNT I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comforta... ASHTON IRWIN I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycle... BRENE BROWN I almost feel like we do live in a world like 'Caprica.' The fact that it's so close to ... MAGDA APANOWICZ Given Mozilla's open and transparent approach, we are very detailed on how we publish our vulnerabil... CHRIS BEARD It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and ... DARYL HANNAH When I started to write 'Hannah's Child,' I realized that this had to be a book of passi... STANLEY HAUERWAS I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and... BRIT MARLING When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing... PATRICK WILSON Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotion... FAYE DUNAWAY In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased.... AIDEN WILSON TOZER While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrific... DEE DEE MYERS We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough asses... CLARISSA WARD I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it&... MARIA SEMPLE I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, b... MEL GIBSON Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the... BRENĂ© BROWN I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's dive... MELISSA ETHERIDGE To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability.... SUSAN SONTAG The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background me... MIREILLE GUILIANO I want to do a romantic comedy. Like a 'When Harry Met Sally' romantic comedy... A really sw... ZOE MCLELLAN Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us... HENRI NOUWEN My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's li... MAIWENN Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all tr... OLIVIA MUNN The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately see... JIMMY CARR Perhaps writers should never be allowed to get together in a workplace context. It's not like st... GRAHAM JOYCE Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time ... COLIN QUINN The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be... CARNIE WILSON Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant... FKA TWIGS I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation ... BENNY GREEN I'm from Indiana. I know what you're thinking, Indiana... Mafia. But in Indiana it's not... JIM GAFFIGAN I feel, as an adult, I'm very similar to how I was as a pre-teen. Maybe it's a case of arres... JEFF KINNEY It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not... ELLE MACPHERSON In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the... ZOE KRAVITZ We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. W... GUY LALIBERTE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON We, as Americans, at least - I mean, I love my country - but we're so self-righteous sometimes, ... PETER DINKLAGE It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Pr... GUS O'DONNELL We see the moon, don't we? So it's our eye. Animals see us, don't they? So we're the... CAPTAIN BEEFHEART With us, people caught on to something on our third album, and that will never be repeated. Basicall... VICTORIA LEGRAND
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