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• Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

  Paulo Coelho

  Doe, Apologizing, Asks

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• It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.

  Lora Leigh

  Forgiveness, Easier, Asks

  Lora Leigh (2012). “Lora Leigh: The Breeds Novels 7-11”, p.427, Penguin

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• To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?

  Ai Yazawa

  Needs, Approval, Love Someone

  "Nana". Manga series by Ai Yazawa, July 2000 – June 2009.

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• If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.

  Lady Gaga

  Strong, Female, Needs

  Song: Scheiße, Album: Born This Way

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• Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.

  Joseph Sobran

  Mean, Littles, Asks

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• The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.

  Daniel Okrent

  Monday, Thinking, Television

  "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview With Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• It's about you, giving yourself permission to be who you are, without giving a rip about what anybody else is thinking about it.

  Esther Hicks

  Confidence, Rip, Thinking

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• Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of life, not of mechanics; it must develop. All that progressives ask or desire is permission-in an era when 'development,' 'evolution,' is the scientific word-to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Law, Practice, Political

  Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.121, Lexington Books

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• Before you begin your day: Take a moment of silence and meditation, and give yourself permission to have all that you desire.

  Debbie Ford

  Giving, Silence, Meditation

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• Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and what we ought to do. Integrity establishes the ground rules for resolving these tensions. it determines who we are and how we will respond before the conflict even appears. Integrity welds what we say, think, and do, into a whole person so that permission is never granted for one of these to be out of sync.

  John C. Maxwell

  Integrity, Struggle, Thinking

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.36, Thomas Nelson

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• I‟m going to kill her,” Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no one else present. “Who are you talking to?” Hyacinth demanded. “God,” Francesca said baldly. “And I do believe I have been given divine leave to murder you.” “Hmmph,” was Hyacinth‟s response. “If it was that easy, I‟d have asked permission to eliminate half the ton years ago.” Francesca decided just then that not all of Hyacinth‟s statements required a rejoinder. In fact, few of them did.

  Julia Quinn

  Believe, Talking, Years

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• Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.

  Tim Brown

  Play, Giving, People

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• You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Business, Risk

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• The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.

  Seth Godin

  Opportunity, Giving, Waiting

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• Don't ask for anyone's permission to follow your dreams

  Jared Leto

  Dream, Asks, Follow Your Dreams

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• Yes...and I'm worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you'll wind up making out with him too." "Don't be sexist. They could find me a female instructor." "In that case, you have my permission to make out with her as long as I can watch.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wind, Long, Female

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• No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Believe, Giving

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• Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

  Randy Pausch

  Dream, Mean, Kids

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.

  Chris Prentiss

  Stress, Believe, Giving

  Chris Prentiss (2007). “The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery”, p.109, BookBaby

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• Infinite money is available to a mind that is ready, willing, able, qualified and gives itself permission to earn and accept it.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Giving, Mind, Able

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• At its heart, the quest that trans people are on is to have the same thing that straight — and gay — people have: the ability to wake up in the morning and be ourselves, without permission, without apology. Our lives should not be defined by wigs, or surgery, or which bathroom we use. Our lives should be defined by our identities, and the truth we bear in our hearts.

  Jennifer Finney Boylan

  Morning, Heart, Apology

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• I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist.

  Graham Nash

  Nice, Artist, People

  The Acoustic Storm Interview, www.acousticstorm.com.

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• Give yourself permission to do what you've always wanted.

  Chris Guillebeau

  Giving, Wanted

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• Hope does not leave without being given permission.

  Rick Riordan

  Inspirational, Life, Doe

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.1096, Penguin UK

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• If he took her into his arms, he would keep her. He wouldn't let her suffer the way the other mortals had when he'd left them. He would keep her, with his court's permission or without it. Irial wouldn't take her, and Keenan wouldn't stand between them.

  Melissa Marr

  Suffering, Arms, Way

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