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Daily Inspiration Quote by Kelly Brook

"I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!"

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Kelly Brook’s “light person” line is self-branding as survival tactic: a bubbly, almost cartoonish sound effect set against an industry that feeds on precision judgment. The shield she describes is less superhero fantasy than a practical mental prop, a portable boundary you can carry into rooms where your body is treated like public property. By making it audible - “Boom, boom, boom” - she turns criticism into something blunt and external, like hail on a car roof. The point isn’t that the hits don’t happen; it’s that they don’t get to be intimate.

The subtext is how much labor goes into seeming effortless. Models are paid to look unbothered, but the culture around them thrives on bothering: tabloids, comments, agency notes, “wellness” talk that’s often just policing. Brook’s language is deliberately childlike, even goofy, and that’s part of the defense. Humor here functions like a pressure valve, keeping the story in her hands. If you can narrate the negativity as slapstick, you don’t have to narrate it as harm.

Context matters: for women whose value is routinely appraised in public, “positivity” can be dismissed as fluff, yet it’s also a form of control. Brook isn’t offering spiritual advice; she’s describing an image-management technique that doubles as self-preservation. The shield is confidence, yes, but it’s also distance - a reminder that the harshest voices are often just noise, and noise can be bounced.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Brook, Kelly. (2026, January 16). I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/

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Brook, Kelly. "I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-a-light-person-i-think-of-myself-with-a-117828/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Kelly Brook (born November 23, 1979) is a Model from England.

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