#stifling

The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#british actors #deliberate #emotion #many #must

When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man. ↗

— Dane Cook

#crew #everyone #face #guys #hopefully

In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#clashing #could #crushing #discords #feel

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#found #i #i am #kind #know

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#even #evil #false #never #opinion

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ↗

— Henry Miller

#because #continually #deepest #ever #few

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#immediate #means #neither #ridiculous #sneeze

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. ↗

— Rick Schroder

#comedy #comfortable #couple #doing #ended

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#mush #romance #stifling #strive #those

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#any #hometown #like #nashville #other