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“With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever.”

Thinking Men Behinds Wife Air Creatures Clever Mechanism Defence Very Clever Bravado Defence Mechanism

Author:Les Dawson

“There’s no room for bravado when you’re alone in the bush.”

Author:Les Stroud

“A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.”

Self Opposites Fake Bully Assertiveness Assertive Bravado

Author:Nathaniel Branden

“As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs in which they strut their masculinity for one another, often overdo it, and sometimes turn to displays of fierce, macho bravado and even violence.”

Sometimes Turns Father Grows Boys Violence Danger Desperate Display Fierce Masculinity Gang Macho Bravado

Author:Frank Pittman

“It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.”

Able Belief Animal Dignity Died Reports Stewardship Bravado

Author:Caryl Chessman

“I was very shy growing up. My shyness manifested as a big personality, as opposed to the wallflower personality. It's been a journey getting comfortable in my skin. I've worked on trying to find the authentic balance between the bravado of my personality that was sort of a defense and the truth within my bigness.”

Trying Bigs Growing Up Growing Journey Personality Balance Comfortable Skins Defense Shy Shyness Bravado

Author:Tracee Ellis Ross

“The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.”

Feels Female Males Betrayal Torture Exploration Loyal Damnation Bravado

Author:Charles Bukowski

“Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice. We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.”

“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”

Stories Asks Levels Risk Bravery Bravado

Author:Marie Colvin

“But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist-or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.”

People May Littles Doe Boys Draws Rejection Expecting Secrecy Puppy Little Boys Shyness Cringe Bravado Groveling Nonchalance

Book:East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus

Source: East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus

“Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at his adolescent self, a self he feels was unacceptable. With bravado, he expresses regret that he didn't rack up more sexual conquests in his teens; in person, he expresses a truer regret that he was intimidated by life itself.”

Feels Persons Self Mother Games Self Esteem Regret Esteem Obsessed Rejection Comment Teens Echoes Conquest Intimidated Abusive Racks Bravado

Author:Antonella Gambotto-Burke

“The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.”

Power Design Gun Madness Mere Possession Accidents Urges Fright Bravado

Author:Louisa May Alcott