Permission Quotes - Page 9

• The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many Republicans want to drill baby drill but what's the point if all the oil goes to China? Increased production obviously doesn't mean lower prices for us.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Baby, Mean, Oil

  "Bill O'Reilly Is Misinforming Americans About Oil Supplies" by Robert Rapier, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2012.

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• I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Believe, Order, Would Be

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• If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.

  Edward Burnett Tylor

  Writing, Men, Wife

  Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.3

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• During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

  Patrick Stewart

  Bridges, Two, Different

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• Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Writing, One Day, Persons

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• Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.

  Pink

  Records, Found, Company

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• Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Loss

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Permission marketing turns strangers into friends and friends into loyal customers. It's not just about entertainment - it's about education. Permission marketing is curriculum marketing.

  Seth Godin

  Educational, Loyal Customers, Marketing

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• I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

  Lana Del Rey

  Song, Writing, Video

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You think you're the foreigner here, and I'm the American, and I just look the other way while the President or somebody sends down this and that . . . to torture people with. But nobody asked my permission, okay? Sometimes I feel like I'm a foreigner, too.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Thinking, People, President

  Barbara KingSolver (1988). “The Bean Trees: A Novel”, Harpercollins

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• The nice thing about twitter is the architecture of visibility. Email is invisible unless you reach out to someone directly. With Twitter, anyone can follow you and this is one of the big changes that was really introduced by Flickr, was this wonderful idea that you can follow somebody without their permission. Recognizing that relationships are asymmetrical, unlike facebook where we have to acknowledge each other otherwise we can’t see each other.

  Tim O'Reilly

  Nice, Ideas, Visibility

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• And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.

  Voltaire

  Men, Sea, Giving

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• You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

  Banksy

  Business, Asking, World

  Banksy (2005). “Banksy: wall and piece”, Random House UK

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• Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission." "Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on eBay," Clary muttered. "Selling them on what?" Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ebay, Weapons, Selling

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I am, well TOUGH BEANS! It's a free country! I don't need anyone's permission to be the way I want! This is who I am - Take it or leave it!

  Bill Watterson

  Country, Who I Am, People

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• I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.

  Christopher Paolini

  Forgiveness, Eragon, Daring

  "Fictional character: Brom". "Eragon", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• 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

  Life, Desire, Needs

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• A person doesn't ask permission to fall in love; not even of themselves.

  Ann Rinaldi

  Falling In Love, Persons, Asks

  Ann Rinaldi (1998). “In My Father's House: And Related Readings”, McDougal Littel

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• It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive.

  Erma Bombeck

  Kids, Blessing, Two

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• If there is someone in your life who is not serving you or making you better, give yourself permission to move on.

  Niecy Nash

  Moving, Giving, Ifs

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• Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.

  Regina Brett

  Summer, Stars, Lying

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• It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting that we got permission from Salvador Dali to use, and Frank found this one, and it really did fit the music much more.

  Alice Cooper

  Use, Painting, Fit

  Interview with Mike Quigley, www.mjq.net. September 1969.

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• I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Writing, Able, Asking

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• There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

  Prince

  Artist, Law, Records

  "Prince Wants Cover Songs Outlawed: What's the Best Cover Song of All Time?". www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2011.

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• I want it to stop," he said. "Sophie says everyone is still searching for a cure for me. I know I gave Will my permission, but I want everyone to cease looking now, Charlotte. It is over.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sophie, Want, Cures

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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