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Quotes About Inhibition

Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.
~ Dick Francis, Dead Cert
I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute.
~ Khalil Gibran
I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.
~ Don Cornelius
people are generally very loath to talk publicly—it is a common fear, often severe enough to interfere with career progression4
~ Jordan B. Peterson
No wonder I worried about talking dirty; talking in general seemed to escape me.
~ Jordan Castillo Price
el miedo es algo malo y perverso que limita la libertad. Quien tiene miedo no vive
~ Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Quand elle s'élançait soudain en courant du parasol vers la mer sans avertir personne, je ne courais pas derrière elle pour ne pas m'exposer au ridicule, mais je la suivais tout le temps de sa baignade avec la tension d'un chien à la chaîne.
~ Erri De Luca
Helen felt her face flush. She discovered that she could not meet Dane's gaze. As long as he did not look at her, she was all right. Even while she was touching him, massaging the muscles of his back, she could control her response to him. But now, when she tried to look into the eyes that mirrored his soul, she flinched.
~ Evan Maxwell
Most men, even egotistic actors, always shy away from dancing with me. Other dancers report the same trouble. They probably figure that I would be mentally comparing them with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. So I go to parties and usually just sit - unless George Burns is there - and then I have a ball.
~ Cyd Charisse
It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.
~ Julie Taymor
Repression is fantastic.
~ Courteney Cox
When I'm scared of hurting myself, I start to overthink things and won't go for it.
~ Sunisa Lee
I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.
~ Jane Badler
I'm very bad with improvisation. I hate it.
~ Christoph Waltz
The inability to allow a talent to do what he feels is going to inhibit his production. Always.
~ Arn Anderson
I think nudity is funny, especially when it's inappropriate.
~ Chelsea Handler
Children who have been silenced often enough learn not to talk about race publicly. Their questions don't go away, they just go unasked.
~ Beverly Daniel Tatum
The question for every believer is whether we will be satisfied with only a partial transformation or whether we will be so captivated by who He is that we will allow Him to kill everything in us that would inhibit us from becoming a mature manifestation of Christ.
~ Bill Johnson
When I was younger, out in public, I never wanted to pop my hip and definitely made sure that my wrist was nice and firm. All these silly, prohibitive things.
~ Troye Sivan
Writer's block is your self-critic getting in the way, because creativity will just flow otherwise.
~ Maggie Rogers
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
~ Kate O'Brien
Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.
~ Courtney Barnett
Extroversion: response to reward Neuroticism: response to threat Conscientiousness: response to inhibition (self-control, planning) Agreeableness: regard for others Openness to experience: breadth of mental associations
~ Gretchen Rubin
He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that characterizes the stronger sex.
~ Gustave Flaubert