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Suppression Quotes

Ovid quote: "Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and..."
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Ovid
I know the evil of my ancestors because I am those people. The balance is delicate in the extreme. I know that few of you who read my words have ever thought about your ancestors this way. It has not occurred to you that your ancestors were survivors and that the survival itself sometimes involved savage decisions, a kind of wanton brutality which civilized humankind works very hard to suppress. What price will you pay for that suppression? Will you accept your own extinction? -The Stolen... Frank Herbert
You’re afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams are a part of sleep. When you’re awake you can suppress imagination. But you can’t suppress dreams. Haruki Murakami
Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to suppress it, and laughed out loud, a wicked laugh. Douglas Adams
Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. Alexander Meiklejohn
L. Ron Hubbard quote: "A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a..."
A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others. L. Ron Hubbard
James Daly quote: "You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation."
You can't suppress creativity, you can't suppress innovation. James Daly
I would point out that the cultural advance of these people has been suppressed in the past and continues to be suppressed in the present by policies designed to keep them in ignorance. Hideki Tojo
Leo Tolstoy quote: "No, it's all the same to me," said Levin, unable to suppress a..."
No, it's all the same to me," said Levin, unable to suppress a smile. Leo Tolstoy
Disease, and most specially opprobrious, suppressed, secret disease, creates a certain critical opposition to the world, to mediocre life, disposes a man to be obstinate and ironical toward civil order, so that he seeks refuge in free thought, in books, in study. Thomas Mann
For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible. Chuck Palahniuk
the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the support, advantages, and rewards of a popularity they have not gained. Ayn Rand
We live in a community of people not so that we can suppress and dominate eachother or make each other miserable but so that we can better and more reliably satisfy all life's healthy needs. Wilhelm Reich
Brendan Gill quote: "Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at..."
Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts. Brendan Gill

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