They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls.
Quotes about shielded (13 Quotes)
The White House used a lot of capital and were very adamant on the format of this debate, being very particular to do something that plays to Dick Cheney's strengths, and I assume, shielded some of his weaknesses, whatever those might be, but they insisted on this so-called 'Meet the Press'-type format and used up quite a bit of capital to get that,
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.
destroys those missiles that could have shielded our country for another 15 years.
It gets pretty ugly sometimes. I'm a corner guy so I see it all the time. I've seen an older guy get hit right in the cheek and he started bleeding everywhere. It's always the one fan that's not looking. He gets shielded or something. It's definitely scary. That's the scary thing about baseball. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
We were able to reduce spending through changes in the way lenders operate. But at the same time, we shielded the direct impact to students, and actually increased student opportunities.
There is an interesting phenomenon going on now - which is that culturally we live in a world where we are surrounded by images of media violence, frequently fictional images of violence in terms of movies and television, and yet at the same time we are essentially shielded or prevented from seeing actual images of violence.
This was a program that over 25 years spent billions of dollars, involved 10,000 people, was actively shielded by a security and deception plan, ... It is not something that is easy to unwrap.
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
Generally speaking, private entities are shielded from these sorts of lawsuits. But because the park is leased from the City of New York, and the security is jointly provided by the city and a private firm, that makes them liable for civil rights violations.
But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.
The next logical step is to think what makes the most sense for a shielded presence on another planet. It's time to go beyond Earth's orbit.
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.