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People use irony as a defense mechanism. -- David Byrne
Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. -- Garry Shandling
I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. -- Sherri Shepherd
I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester. -- Peter DeLuise
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. -- Monica Raymund
I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world. -- Peter Jennings
I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism. -- Andy Dick
I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way. -- Derek Jeter
I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud. -- Emma Stone
In Ronald Reagan's chaotic childhood, the imagination was armor. There is nothing unusual about that; transcending the doubts, hesitations, and fears swirling around you by casting yourself internally as the hero of your own adventure story is a characteristic psychic defense mechanism of the Boy Who Disappears. -- Rick Perlstein
As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. -- Tim Conway
When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism. -- Katrina Kaif
When my wife and I met, I couldn't talk to her - and my defense mechanism is sarcasm. I belittle someone with verbal pokes and prods. I did it to her out of complete awe. When friends introduced us, I said 'Hi' - and turned my back. Later, I called my mom and best friend and said, 'I think I just met my wife.' -- Mike Vogel
I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.' -- Adam Clayton
Fashion has always been my defense mechanism. -- Rihanna
Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not. -- Rosalind Kaplan
Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance. -- Zack Love
With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism. -- Judd Apatow
Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves. -- Mark Batterson
Humor was also a defense mechanism from getting picked on at school. If I could be funny maybe people wouldn't bother me. -- Pandora Boxx
Black people in America have to, for their own protection, develop a defense mechanism, and I just grew terribly tired of it. -- Randall Robinson
I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat. -- Anita Loos
I could always make people around me laugh. It was more of a defense mechanism more than anything else, because I was a pretty shy guy. -- Tim Hawkins
The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It's called Denial." -- Dan Brown
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Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time someone said, "No you can't. -- Marc Maron
We often engage the defense mechanism of tunnel vision, just to keep ourselves focused on our daily lives. This makes us terribly jaded in our perception of what is really around us. -- Vera Nazarian
I don't like smiley pictures. A smile is a defense mechanism. It says, You can't have the real me but here's my smile. You get closer to the real person when they stop smiling. -- Chris Killip
..but maybe this was a defense mechanism. Maybe my mind was making me see things I refused to accept were gone forever. It was filling the void, because that was easier than letting go. -- Becca Fitzpatrick

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