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“Protect your Territory; your dreams, goals, interests, family, friends, everything that in some way have become your essence, protect and nurture it through the good and the bad times. Give no one the power to decide who or what's in or out. Make your territory yours. Mark it in linnings of brimming coals if you may. If it's your own place of uncompromised peace and happiness, If it's your place of growth, own that shit, and watch everyone rest with their opinions.”

“protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq to take advantage of the reconstruction were part of a vast protectionist racket whereby the U.S. government had created their markets with war, barred their competitors from even entering the race, then paid them to do the work, while guaranteeing them a profit to boot - all at taxpayer expense.”

“Protecting a museum can feel paradoxical, because its mission isn't to conceal valuables but to SHARE, in a way that makes you feel as close to a piece as possible, unencumbered by any security apparatus. Permanently ending nearly all museum crime would be easy: lock the works in vaults, and hire armed guards. Of course, this would also mean the end of museums. They'd now be called banks.”

“Protecting people, saving their lives, how do you judge that; bad or good? Those fourteen on the hill? You on that there bridge? What were you doing? Good or bad?' 'I don't know' said Geralt with effort. 'I don't know, Yurga. Sometimes it seems to me that I know. And sometimes I have doubts. Would you like your son to have doubts like that?' 'Why not?' the merchant said gravely. 'He might as well. For it's a human and good thing.' 'What?' 'Doubts. Only evil, sir, never has any.”

“Protecting your time isn’t just about avoiding distractions; it’s about carving out the space necessary to focus fully on building the life you envision. In a society that stacks the deck, time becomes both a shield and a weapon, wielded with precision to navigate systems that demand twice the effort for half the recognition. Marginalized individuals must spend time dismantling biases, proving their worth, and creating opportunities where none exist. For them, time is not just about ambition—it is about survival. Every moment claimed is a chance to rewrite a narrative that was never meant to include them, a moment to say, I belong here. For the marginalized, time is unfairly taxed, yet it is paid willingly because the cost of not fighting is far too great.”