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"The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared."

"Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive."

"At best, people are open to scrutinizing themselves and considering their blind spots; at worst, they become defensive and angry."

"Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a spell himself. He'd sounded so convincing, so logical, so sad, that she'd found herself..."

"Have we become so defensive that we cannot even tolerate a kind act?"

"Defend myself? I cannot defend the verbal repressions of a boy. A curmudgeonly, cantankerous, ill-tempered, counterfeit boy."

"All defensiveness and emotional tumult is a fear response because of your need for acceptance and ruthless control of the territory of your safe fantasy world."

"It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion."

"Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those al..."

"In the name of "force protection," the military often rolls up windows, builds walls, and points rifles at the outside world. The best force protection, however, is to be surrounded by friends and all..."