In insisting, for political purposes, on a sharp division between gay and straight, gay activism, like much of feminism, has become as rigid and repressive as the old order it sought to replace.
If I'm focusing on playing and enjoying the song, then it always goes well. I get lost in the song, and the performance is so much better. If the focus becomes not making a mistake, then it just feels rigid to me.
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must be. . . We inhabit a world of human differences and predilections, but the extrapolation of these facts to theories of rigid limits is ideology.
Softening what is rigid in our hearts.
Be flexible - the order in which you introduce the elements of a painting should not be a rigid system. What worked last time may not work this time.
Public depictions of women still tend to remain rigid and narrow - about the size of a coffin, say.
Britain's is traditionally a rigid class society.
There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn't make any difference. It's the most rigid ideological party since before the Civil War. [. . . ] The bumper sticker I'm going to have printed up for Democrats this year is, "We're not perfect, but they're nuts.
If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
The culture will not be able to persist in light of the rigid systems of its own innocence.
Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. The idea of the rigid style seemed to me then something you needn't concern yourself with, it would trap you.
The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.
The rigid tree will be felled.
I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.
Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plough deep and straight with all your powers!
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code if immorality in the world.