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A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it's in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

I just love doing radio. I've learned to be more vulnerable through radio than even I've been through books and writing lyrics. It's a different type of experience where, if I'm writing a lyric, I can sort of hide behind it a little bit.

The international community must do a better job of controlling the risks of nuclear proliferation. Sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle - the production of new fuel, the processing of weapon-usable material, the disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste - would be less vulnerable to proliferation if brought under multinational control.

I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.

There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be.

Anything out there is vulnerable to attack given enough time and resources.

The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people.

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see it in the suffering of civilian populations trapped by armed conflict or pervasive crime. We see it in the killing and wounding of civilians - including children, the most vulnerable of all.

Pre-preproduction is the tenuous time before a project is greenlit; before the studio commits to spending real money. This is the most vulnerable period for any film because it's the time when your project is most likely to be put into turnaround. That's film-speak for killed off.

I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very scary experience to direct live, being so vulnerable without the possibility to control things, to be so exposed.

Throughout the early and mid-1990s, the Clinton administration debated the merits of paying for AIDS testing and counseling of vulnerable populations overseas.

If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don't get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.

We've had hurricanes in Florida forever. And the question is, 'What do we do about the fact that we have built expensive structures, real estate and population centers, near those vulnerable areas?'

We are potentially vulnerable in just about anything we do anywhere.

We believe that the fund interest in silver is built upon a much narrower base of investors than gold, leaving it more vulnerable to big price moves in either direction.

There is no more vulnerable human combination than an undergraduate.

Whether it's watching a $4,000 laptop fall off the conveyor belt at airport security, contending with a software conflict that corrupted your file management system, or begging your family to stop opening those virus-carrying 'greeting cards' attached to emails, all computer owners are highly leveraged and highly vulnerable technology investors.

We remember the victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia. But millions of vulnerable people in Africa are exposed to natural disasters like droughts, floods and insect infestations as well as armed conflicts. These are silent tsunamis.

We felt it was a good move to enhance girls golf, but we did not intend to put the (Central Board of Control) in a vulnerable position concerning Title IX.

What's striking about this image is it shows the Pakistanis have all their eggs in one basket. These Pakistani missiles are vulnerable to an Indian first strike.

With no institutional defender, independent counsels are especially vulnerable to partisan attack,

Three to six months' worth of savings for living expenses is the minimum every household should have, no matter its income. Any less can leave people vulnerable to serious financial woes if they hit unexpected difficulties, like a job loss or medical problem. It's a good habit for all working people to put away a reasonable portion of their take-home pay into some form of liquid savings.

Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves.

With this final support, we will be able to remain open and fulfill our mission and responsibility of caring for our city's uninsured and vulnerable populations.

Wounds that fail to heal are a hidden epidemic as our population ages and people become vulnerable to diabetes, vascular disease and many of the other conditions that lead to chronic wounds.

Worse, legal approval of suicide amounts to a declaration to the old, sick and vulnerable that others consider their lives worthless.

We're saying that this could come much faster. The ice sheets are more vulnerable to climate warming than we had thought. The only good news I see is that we know about it in advance and can do something about it if we want.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said

The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.

A prisoner unaware is the kind of prisoner most vulnerable to her captors, the easiest prey there is.

We were in a very vulnerable area for this weather to develop on top of us.

The region most vulnerable right now is the Midwest, stretching from Texas up to the Great Lakes.

There doesn't seem to be the overwhelming pessimism that you typically see at a bottom. I think the market's vulnerable on the downside.

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

Cross-generational sex is the phenomenon in which young girls are given material goods in exchange for sex. All girls are vulnerable to it, particularly orphans.

This will not affect people's legal status, but it's pretty terrible. It's the worst kind of preying on vulnerable people. This guy was just stealing their money and they were getting nothing in return.

...we are holding the flat line, but we are vulnerable to the downside. A lot of people are getting worried about the market...we are long overdue for a decent correction.

What we learned from the mail-service anthrax attack of 2001 is that you really have to look at the vulnerable people along the chain of exposure.

The Onscreen Financial Statement converts data into useful and actionable business information. Managers can identify and assess vulnerable areas for one or all of their stores. It helps them to keep pace with daily business activities and mitigates negatives month-end impacts.

We have reams of scientific data that tell us without exception that by far the highest incidence of any transmittable contagion happens in industrial farm applications. That's where animals are in cramped, unhealthy conditions, and vulnerable to widespread disease outbreak.

We've seen more bad news than good news on the economic front over the last few weeks, but the market has been trading higher. Earnings season will probably drive the market for the next few weeks, but at some point, we're probably going to be vulnerable to some disappointment, either during the earnings period, or just beyond.

The fact is that GE is a conglomerate financed by a money machine -- its subsidiary GE Capital -- but, unlike Berkshire Hathaway, its foundation is vulnerable because its survival depends upon the confidence of outside investors,

The problem with Myspace was always that it was never as strong a product as it needed to be. It left itself vulnerable to competition. It was only a matter of time before someone created something better.

The Reagan legacy is very vulnerable because George W. Bush has embraced it so wholeheartedly. Bush is the model, not the father, of the legacy. So much of the Reagan legacy is dependent on the Bush legacy.

When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

We are targeting vulnerable elders with a weak social network, particularly those without children and living alone.

This winter will be a catastrophe. The overall economy is a little better than it was two years ago, but that doesn't seem to have benefited our most vulnerable households.

There are worries about demand going forward, but in the overall scheme of things, oil prices are still exceptionally high and are still vulnerable to supply hitches.

There are very vulnerable groups out there. We found many consumers severely underestimated what their payments would be when they adjusted. Some didn't even know how to calculate what their payments would amount to.

I feel vulnerable in a good way. When I talk about my family, I usually have happy tears.

When I left school, I never wondered whether my apartment in New York was vulnerable to storm surges, but my three daughters have to consider the realities of extreme weather and how it may destabilize communities around the globe.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

We need to make sure homes ? particularly for those who are vulnerable ? are built in a safe place. This will protect our environment, but also protect people.

The place was vulnerable during construction, and most of the things stolen were smaller.

There are times in the evening when there is just one or two women employees, no police officers available in the building. So if a suspect came in with a weapon or firearm, our employees are very vulnerable to that type of situation.

Lucent was our scare today. It shows that the market is very skittish and vulnerable to any perceptions of bad news.

Let's say you're coming here for surgery. You're going to become vulnerable because of the anesthesia or maybe because of some medication. People's expectations are that they're coming here and they want to be safe.

Many people will be stressed and will require support over a long period of time and will be vulnerable to psychological problems. We know this from other disaster experiences.

Seniors can be vulnerable to deceptive sales practices in the financial services arena. Sometimes, seniors are specifically targeted by bad actors who try to use scare tactics to sell fraudulent or inappropriate financial products.

September 11 indicated our country is vulnerable, ... The thing we remain the least vulnerable to is an ICBM attack from another nation.

Should MS05-018 have been a more complete update to address the underlying vulnerable function? Yes, Cesar is right. But I want to reiterate that MS05-018 did protect against the issue that was brought to us,

Shipping people back to Morocco is not an answer to this crisis. Protecting these extremely vulnerable people should be the Spanish government's priority.

Since children are particularly vulnerable to food-borne illness, schools must be vigilant in their efforts to ensure that cafeterias are not putting children at risk. These changes in law will support parents who want to work with school principals and food-service directors to ensure a safe environment,

Since seniors are less likely to stay in touch with innovations in technology they are more vulnerable to electronic crime.

Since windows are most vulnerable to break and let wind and rain in the building, we also have window shutters on hand.

Most organizations have spent millions to protect their physical locations and wired networks, but if you're not securing the airwaves, you're leaving the back door wide open for hackers. Wireless networks bleed across physical boundaries and can render internal networks vulnerable to attack. In our seminar series, we will share the secrets of hacking and provide businesses with the information they need to make smart decisions about how their organization will address the growing risks associated with wireless networking.

Millions of vulnerable people in Africa are exposed to natural disasters like droughts, floods and insect infestations as well as armed conflicts.

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals depends on reaching vulnerable children throughout the developing world.

One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.

Obviously, we know this will be a tough winter for customers who are most vulnerable to these increases in natural gas costs.

Nature is mixture of opposites ..It is beautiful and dangerous, constant and inconstant, vulnerable and strong ..simply it is an image of heathen god.

One will focus on greater transparency... the second will focus on energy efficiency and energy conservation... and the third component will be to provide income assistance to the most vulnerable Canadians.

Moreover, with a fair amount of Fed tightening now priced in, the US currency remains more vulnerable to downside surprises than upside surprises.

Now, we're saying, as soon as we know someone is homeless or vulnerable to being homeless, get them in housing, and then work on their other problems. So that's really the big shift, the big change.

New Jersey is simply more vulnerable than most other states,

Obviously these things (fixes) are experimental in nature but considering the options of being vulnerable or at least having a fighting chance--well, I think you get the point. Again, this is just another mitigation option until Microsoft releases their patch, which last was scheduled for April 11th, or 16 days from now.

People will perceive him to be much more vulnerable now.

People yell, 'What are you doing? Get back on the sidewalk!' ... You're sort of vulnerable out there, so you don't want to (yell back) and tempt them.

One thing is clear. It must be changed dramatically from the version E.P.A. forwarded to O.M.B. just a few weeks ago. If not, it will be a direct attack on our most vulnerable citizens.

On the other hand, faced with a new theory, the members of the scientific establishment are often more vulnerable than the lonely innovator.

One of the bogus reasons that George Bush gives for this invasion (and) occupation of Iraq is to make America safer -- and Katrina exposed that clearly he has made America more vulnerable through his policies in Iraq.

One of the most vulnerable situations facing America is our ports of entry. Whoever's responsible for those ports of entry should be American.

I wouldn't classify our team with the way we play defense as a shot-blocking team. I think one of the things you always leave yourself vulnerable to, any time you have big people leaving the floor, is offensive rebounding and foul trouble.

If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before.

If these amendments become law, it will harm the well-being of Chad's poorest and most vulnerable citizens and represent a material breach of the original agreement.

If this garage is as vulnerable as you say it is, for God's sake close the garage.

If they were doing something that created the problem, or if there was something that was making them vulnerable to the problem, I just don't know.