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• Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

  George William Curtis

  Appreciate, Noble, Deeds

  George William Curtis (1894). “From the Easy Chair”

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• In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

  Stephen Ambrose

  America, Appreciate

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• All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Children, Appreciate, Firsts

  The New York Post, August 13, 1974.

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• Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

  Franz Schubert

  Appreciate, World, Blame

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• Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.

  Gloria Steinem

  Mean, Men, Waiting

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.176, Open Road Media

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• The sole impulse which dictates and compels a man's every act: the imperious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all costs.... It is our only spur, our whip, our goad, our impelling power; we have no other.

  Mark Twain

  Men, Emergencies, Spurs

  Mark Twain (2016). “What Is Man? And Other Essays”, p.21, Xist Publishing

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• The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on.

  Jose Ramos-Horta

  Government, Appreciate, Support

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• Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

  Naomi Wolf

  Self Esteem, Air, Identity

  Naomi Wolf (2009). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

  Vanessa Carlton

  Sexy, Thinking, People

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

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• When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

  David Antin

  Mother, Husband, Appreciate

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• One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

  Jacques Chirac

  Two, Appreciate, Months

  "Bush: Tomorrow Is Decision Day for UN". CNN Interview, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2003.

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• Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

  Mason Cooley

  Children, Parent, Literature

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• I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Funny, Rip, Humor

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• But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing.

  Jay Roach

  Rights, Appreciate, Embarrassing

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

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• It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

  Robbie Coltraine

  Children, Appreciate, Instant

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

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• It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself.

  Henry L. Stimson

  Country, Retirement, Army

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• The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.

  John Boyd Orr

  Appreciate, Arms, Territory

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• I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Mean, Appreciate, Flattery

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

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• President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

  David Letterman

  War, Thinking, Appreciate

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• Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.

  Dale Carnegie

  Trying, World, Forget You

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• It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Giving, Noble, Individual

  "Living in Grace : The Shift to Spiritual Perception". Book by Beca Lewis, 2002.

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• Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Intelligent, Interesting

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.28, Open Road Media

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• We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

  Mark Twain

  Carpe Diem, Self, People

  Following the Equator ch. 14, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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• If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.

  Dorothy Nolte

  Life, Children, Learning

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• It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.

  Mark Twain

  Philosophical, Passion, Self

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.3957, Delphi Classics

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