I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding.
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.
Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character.
I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.
If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time.
I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.
Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity.
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.
I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.
...and my loneliness, always my loneliness - that airless bubble of despair that is slowing stifling me.
Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.
Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast.
Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago. The experiment was called the Dark Ages.
