I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.
Service is the only thing that's important about love. Everybody is worried about 'losing yourself' - all this narcissism. Duty. We can't stand that idea now either... But duty might be a suit of armor you put on to fight for your love.
With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.
I am an armor officer. I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s. It's still a magnificent tank, and we designed it for the Cold War and Central Europe.
I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.
You can't be the vulnerable, transparent, raw person required to be an artist, and then cover that stuff up and meet the world with some kind of armor on. It just doesn't go.
In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It's all about confidence-boosting and putting on armor.
