#insecure

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#approval #authority #blanket #brute-force #brutes

A blanket could be used to hide my shame and cover my insecurities. But so could a camouflaged condom.
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— Jarod Kintz

#condom #cover #hide #insecure #insecurities

You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case. ↗

— Kate Bosworth

#case #confidence #insecure #she #someone

I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#generous #greatest #greedy #i #i think

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid. ↗

— James Buchan

#banking #banks #call #cannot #each

When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#far #i #i think #insecure #intimidated

When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway? ↗

— Henry Flynt

#about #anyway #artists #became #began

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that. ↗

— Marie Windsor

#already #director #enough #having #insecure

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#bullies #fight #fighting #get #insecure

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market. ↗

— Tony Snow

#every #in other words #insecure #market #other