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• People cannot hurt you without your permission.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hurt, People

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• You don't need planning permission to build castles in the sky

  Banksy

  Sky, Castles, Needs

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• One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Rewards, Serving God, Stills

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• We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission.

  George W. Bush

  Usa, Iraq, Needs

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• A partnership was established between Hitler's Nazis and the leadership of the Zionist movement... [the Zionists] gave permission to every racist in the world, led by Hitler and the Nazis, to treat Jews as they wish, so long as it guarantees immigration to Palestine.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Israel, Long, Wish

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• This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.

  Sally Schneider

  Book, Keys, People

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• People were always able to look at Bettie Page and see what they needed her to be and she gave them that permission to do so. So in that way she's a feminist but I don't think she was ever trying to be.

  Gretchen Mol

  Thinking, People, Feminist

  "Interview: Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page)". Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. April 14, 2006.

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• I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.

  William Lilly

  Stars, Believe, Divine

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• Henceforth it will be the task of this Sacred Congregation not only to examine carefully the books denounced to it, to prohibit them if necessary, and to grant permission for reading forbidden books, but also to supervise, ex officio, books that are being published, and to pass sentence on such as deserve to be prohibited.

  Pope Pius XII

  Book, Reading, Tasks

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• Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church... I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said when I was with you: do not receive any outside or unknown preacher, unless he be sent by your bishop or preaches with the permission of the pope. For "how shall they preach unless they are sent [Rom 10:15]?"

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Teacher, Over You, Church

  "Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind". Book by John R. Sommerfeldt, 2004.

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• Angelo Badalamenti brought me into the world of music and that's really what gave me permission to get into it even though I'm not a musician. It's just an intuitive thing for me.

  David Lynch

  Musician, World, Intuitive

  "David Lynch Talks New Music Projects". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. December 2, 2010.

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• Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.’ With stories from her own life and data carefully researched, Sheryl Sandberg reminds women that they have to believe in themselves and reach for opportunities. More women than men may need that advice, but I'd bet that both genders would profit from this very well-done book

  Marjorie Scardino

  Believe, Book, Men

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• All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval--not anyone else's. When you get in step with Him, there will be a glow on your face that will make people wonder what you're up to.

  Zig Ziglar

  People, Needs, Purpose

  Zig Ziglar (2007). “Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can't Wait to Live”, p.174, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn abour sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less they feel compelled to find out for themselves.

  Benjamin Spock

  Teacher, Sex, Children

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• After my grandfather's plane took enemy fire, he was denied permission to land at the first available airstrip. In that classic British bureaucratic way, they said he had to go back to your own airbase in the Midlands. They crashed between the coast and the airfield.

  Tom Hooper

  Fire, Land, Enemy

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• Don’t look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

  Roger Babson

  Being Yourself, Giving, Looks

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• Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. Let these influencing powers actuate, by the permission or disposal of Providence, from selfish or social views, yet in time the mysterious will of Heaven is unfolded, and we behold our conduct, from whatever motives excited, operating to answer the important designs of heaven.

  Daniel Boone

  Powerful, Selfish, Men

  "The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke". Book by John Filson, the opening lines of "The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon; containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentucke", 1784.

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• Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God's on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Views, Your Side, People

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• It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started. First, that this happens by the permission, not by the will of God. To this objection there is a twofold reply, the one, that angels and men, good and bad, do nothing but what is appointed by God; the second, that all movements are secretly directed to their end by the hidden inspiration of God.

  John Calvin

  Inspiration, Angel, Men

  John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.102, Lulu.com

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• Perhaps we invented the gods so that we could put the blame on them. They gave us permission to eat flesh. They gave us permission to play with unclean things. It's not our fault, it's theirs. We're just their children.

  J. M. Coetzee

  God, Children, Play

  J. M. Coetzee (2016). “The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics]”, p.41, Princeton University Press

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• When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Usa, People, Net Neutrality

  "Net Neutrality: This is Serious". www.mediamatters.org. June 2006.

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• The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.

  Robert Jordan

  Dining, Doe, Frogs

  Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons (2015). “The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series”, p.421, Macmillan

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• Now if you ask me, in conclusion, "Well, what, then should properly be done?" Obviously war, but I mean in regard to this issue I would say: Any way possible permission should be refused and if they go ahead and build it, the government should bomb it out of existence, evacuating it first, with no compensation to any of the property owners involved in this monstrosity.

  Leonard Peikoff

  War, Mean, Government

  "What do you think of the plan for a mosque in New York City near Ground Zero?". Podcast, June 28, 2010.

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• To my mind this makes psychedelics central to any political reconstruction, because these are the only force in nature that actually dissolve linguistics structures; lets the mechanics of syntax to be visible, allows the possibility for rapid introduction and spread of new concepts; gives permission for new ways of seeing; and this is what we have to do, we have to change our minds.

  Terence McKenna

  Giving, Political, Mind

  "History Ends in Green". Terence McKenna's eight-hour lecture at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, www.youtube.com. 1989.

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• Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

  Douglas Conant

  Jobs, Commitment, Creating

  "Saving Campbell Soup Company". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 11, 2010.

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