Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage. From LearnThat.org. [Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), American writer and philosopher.]
A material impervious to water. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Inner-directed" could be defined as impervious to outside criticism, advice or even reality. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Way or the Highway] Reference
All of nature’s indicators speak of global strain, and yet we the relatively affluent remain impervious to it. From Wordnik.com. [ASAP HOUSE: House About Saving a Planet | Inhabitat] Reference
These surfaces are usually impervious, meaning that water runs off of them without being absorbed into the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Pollution~ urban and suburban areas] Reference
Eventually a new "impervious" storage media will emerge and you can move everything to that. From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
As for 50 to 100 feet within a wetland, Zoeller said city regulations do not permit any "impervious" work. From Wordnik.com. [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference
"impervious" square foot of redevelopment and new development in the city. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
He wails and moans so often, I've grown impervious. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Gresko: When Baby Starts Testing Limits, Daddy Tries Discipline] Reference
The cops fired at me, but I was impervious to pain. From Wordnik.com. [To My Love] Reference
Politicians are not impervious to the rising clamor. From Wordnik.com. [The No Bull Campaign] Reference
But the Nigerian junta seemed impervious to the outrage. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice Silenced] Reference
And as she notes, they're often impervious to shame as well. From Wordnik.com. [Janine R. Wedel: How the Shadow Elite Is Shorting 'Third World America'] Reference
His eyes remained the smooth, impervious-looking light amber. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part II] Reference
My skin was nearly impervious organic rock; I was the Thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Division by Zero] Reference
Your narrative is pre-cooked, airtight, and impervious to reason. From Wordnik.com. [David Harris: To the Chorus of Chronic, Compulsive Critics of Israel] Reference
The sky had grown black, dense with overcast, impervious to light. From Wordnik.com. [Pacific Light] Reference
Brian, you once said you were "completely impervious to rejection.". From Wordnik.com. [Pass Me An Oscar] Reference
There's no easy way to make satellites impervious to missile attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Plug-and-Play Satellites] Reference
The wealth created a sense that Monterrey was impervious to the drug war. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico Under Siege] Reference
Transmissions are probably as impervious to eavesdroppers as the NSA claims. From Wordnik.com. [Foiling The Clipper Chip] Reference
Why should college students be so impervious to the lesson of the morning after?. From Wordnik.com. [The Endless Binge] Reference
In his prime, Armstrong seemed impervious to banal accidents and fortune's whims. From Wordnik.com. [Tour de France 2010: Lance Armstrong rejoins the ranks of the mortals] Reference
We remain very far from an accountability system impervious to perverse incentives. From Wordnik.com. [Why you should be skeptical about standardized test scores] Reference
The group, a mix of farmers and small business people, seemed impervious to good news. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem With The President] Reference
If anyone seems impervious to the bad news, however, it's Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. From Wordnik.com. [OSTRICH POLITIK] Reference
Kerry himself was a loner, willing to be criticized but oddly impervious to criticism. From Wordnik.com. [HOW BUSH DID IT] Reference
He had not succumbed to Afrikaner threats and he was equally impervious to American charms. From Wordnik.com. [Mandela's Discipline] Reference
Depression, the fourth stage, seems impervious to my preferred method of therapy -- vacuuming. From Wordnik.com. [IT'S OVER, BUT CAN WE FORGIVE AND FORGET?] Reference
Consumers like to think that they are impervious to the siren song of bigger, better and faster. From Wordnik.com. [‘Mad Men’: The Novel] Reference
That naively believes that one's truth is impervious to any opposition offered by the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Byron Williams: The Best Hope Democrats Have Is Republican Chaos] Reference
Now he worried about a future confrontation with a renegade nation that seemed impervious to threats or treats. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For Leverage] Reference
But other suspect ideas continue to flourish, apparently impervious to any amount of unfriendly evidence or logic. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
This last point goes to one of the more infuriating aspects of the shadow elite: that they are seemingly impervious to failure. From Wordnik.com. [Janine R. Wedel: How the Shadow Elite Is Shorting 'Third World America'] Reference
You noticed, I'm sure, that after drinking Sookie's fairy blood (more on that in a minute), he is kinda-sorta impervious to sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 7] Reference
Impossible dream: Nobody doubts that Ronald Reagan had high hopes for SDI: the dream of an impervious defense against ICBMs was his dream. From Wordnik.com. [Reagan's Cold War 'Sting'?] Reference
And yet it may still be impervious to criticism, simply because no one short of a NASA systems analyst will be able to articulate the plot. From Wordnik.com. [The Fog of Film] Reference
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