Teresa Medeiros Quotes

When I was younger, back home in Hyderabad even I faced a stalker. I confronted him and asked him his name. That moment, the boy didn't have an answer.

My sister and I were driving at night and were followed by guys on a bike. It was a terrifying experience. The ordeal made us start a chauffeur service.

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I've been followed home late at night. I've been shot at on the highway.

When I walk home at night I don't have to worry about anything. But when a woman walks home at night she gotta think about a lot of different things.

I've got a quick mouth, and I set my boundaries. Nothing ever happened that I couldn't handle. Once when a guy came on stage making rude gestures, I hit him over the head with my guitar.

He never hit on me, because I would have broken his arm and he knew it.

People want to be able to protect themselves.

A girl, whether in the industry or out of it, has to protect herself.

It's really important to take your own personal safety into your own hands.

Train your girls, if someone is touching you the wrong way, slap him.

The average woman would not be pondering how fast her date could kill her, but I’ll never be an average woman.

Please don't kill me!

I'm not a big fan of being a victim. I don't like getting beaten up.

I believe it's a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself.

The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

I carry a weapon. I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared. But I don't want bodyguards. I am my own security.

Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a can of Mace in one hand and pepper spray in the other.” - Katie Jorlan's expression turned mocking. “Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a feather in one hand and massage oil in the other.

I'm not a gangster, I'm not a thug.. I'm just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me.. yeah I'm gonna hurt 'em.. if you come and you ain't coming right I'm gonna blow your head off.

As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more ephemeral weapons, an idea or improbable plan or some sort of formulation about how best to move through the world. An idea that will let us be. Protect us and keep us safe. But a weapon nonetheless.

Obviously, guns are a way to protect yourself.

I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said, don't shy away from the violence or pull back on this, commit to this.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night... and reduce the crime rate.

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.