How to Source the .bash_profile?

I was following this article to get rid of

WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.and whenever I'd do . ~/.bash_profile it would result in

-bash: /home/nikhil/.bash_profile: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
-bash: /home/nikhil/.bash_profile: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

So, I searched askUbuntu and find this and according to one of the solutions provided,

I went to Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Title and Command tab and checked the "Run command as a login shell" option. But now as soon as I open any terminal I get the first two lines as

-bash: /home/nikhil/.bash_profile: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
-bash: /home/nikhil/.bash_profile: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

and the same if run . ~/.bash_profile. Please help.

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