It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play. — Tim Brown Copy Share Image
I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
If a singer wants to improvise while recording a song, he has to get the permission of the composer. — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
To get to a place where you could love anything you chose--not to need permission for desire--well now _that_ was freedom. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“We didn't let them do anything to us, Travanion," Beatriss said fiercely, "They did it without out permission.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Behind every downward trend in society lies the church’s permission in one form or another.” — Klaus Bockmuehl Copy Share Image
The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Pity for these inhabitants, I have none. In the first place, they are rebels, and I am almost prepared to agree with… — Charles Fessenden Morse Copy Share Image
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
In France, anyone can use your music on like a TV show or whatever - they don't need to ask permission. It's… — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when… — Amanda Lear Copy Share Image
You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we invented the gods so that we could put the blame on them. They gave us permission to eat flesh. They… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good… — Barbara Feldon Copy Share Image
You wouldn't let him do it, would you, Jamie?" Jamie's expression was very serene. She stared at Andrew when she spoke to… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir' Ridcully sighed. 'Rincewind, you once informed me, to my everlasting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What about Gale?" "He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with both of us? You kissing… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty. There are new and disturbing… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die?… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“Lost' Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you… — David Wagoner Copy Share Image
Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a… — Banksy Copy Share Image
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