#repressed

So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

#because #been #come #had #history

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#choices #different #freedom #gives #i

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have. ↗

— Kate Millett

#behavior #code #ever #given #having

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#been #being #could #damn #feared

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#almost #crime #desire #due #expression

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#catch #eyes #good #guess #i

The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in. ↗

— Theodor Reik

#back #bang #behave #being #come

I was a very repressed young person. I wasn't good at school. I didn't fit in. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#good #i #person #repressed #school

And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#design #heavily #i #i think #know

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#dangerous #express #fears #people #repressed