Repression Quotes

160 quotes by 137 authors

The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go… — Michael Leunig
I lived through the Fifties in the Midwest when everything that was happening - the repression of homosexuality, for instance, the demonization of the Left,… — Edmund White
Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self; their inaccessibility… — Leonard Mlodinow
There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that… — John Lindsay
It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants… — Samuel P. Huntington
When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of… — Antonio Tabucchi
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects… — Susan Rice
I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about. — Ang Lee
Repression is fantastic. — Courteney Cox
Psychics tap into what is collective: our regret and our sense of time going by; our common repression and anxieties. — Hilary Mantel
The man who cannot laugh deeply is the man who has repressed sadness -- he cannot go deep because he is afraid of sadness. Even… — OSHO
It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time.… — Philip Kaufman
And the young people in the 1960's identified with it immediately, because, I guess the young people had been having years of repression really. They… — George Martin
Repression will provoke rebellion. — Hugh Williamson
The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological,… — Sigmund Freud
When you look at organized religion of whatever sort whether it's Christianity in all its variants, or whether it's Islam or some forms of extreme… — Philip Pullman
The criminal justice system was strategically employed to force African Americans back into a system of extreme repression and control, a tactic that would continue… — Michelle Alexander
Im not dissing Miley personally. However, I do think the Disney bubblegum shit that the world is living right now is pathetic. I thought we… — Taylor Momsen
The fact that Ive been called upon to play these characters is probably not a complete coincidence. I have my own repressed people in my… — Michael C Hall

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