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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• Let me define prayer for you in this show. Prayer is man giving God permission or license to interfere in earth's affairs. In other words, prayer is earthly license for heavenly interference.

  Myles Munroe

  Prayer, Men, Giving

  "The Devilish Puppet Master of the Word-Faith Movement (Justin Peters)". Strange Fire Conference, www.gty.org. October 17, 2013.

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• 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 in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

  Barbara Feldon

  Way, Bliss, Given

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• Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you're supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

  Phil McGraw

  Being Yourself, Giving, World

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• And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Mean, Black And White, Giving

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• Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business to be writing, to be a poet unless some philosophic stinker gave him permission.

  William Carlos Williams

  Philosophy, Writing, Men

  William Carlos Williams, John C. Thirlwall (1957). “The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams”, p.219, New Directions Publishing

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• What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.

  Erica Jong

  Country, Believe, Long Ago

  Erica Jong (1999). “What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power”, Perennial

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• Taking somebody's money without permission is stealing, unless you work for the IRS; then it's taxation. Killing people en masse is homicidal mania, unless you work for the Army; then it's National Defense. Spying on your neighbors is invasion of privacy, unless you work for the FBI; then it's National Security. Running a whorehouse makes you a pimp and poisoning people makes you a murderer, unless you work for the CIA; then it's counter-intelligence.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Running, Army, People

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• The individual can take initiatives without anybody's permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively to reforming the human environment.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Thinking, Environment, Initiative

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• Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.

  Rita Dove

  Book, Feelings, Library

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• Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate.

  Robin Hobb

  Writing, Waiting

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• No one can upset you, unless you give them permission.

  Paul Robert Hanna

  Wise, Giving, Upset

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• What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems ... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it you'll find an answer.

  Bill Drayton

  Business, People, Entrepreneur

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• I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.

  John F. Kennedy

  Marine, White, Odds

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• When happiness becomes our standard for judging truth, things that make us happy give us permission to do some things that otherwise would be considered wrong.

  Craig Groeschel

  Giving, Judging, Would Be

  Craig Groeschel (2012). “Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World”, p.174, Zondervan

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• The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later.

  Seth Godin

  Book, Writing, Years

  "Advice for authors". sethgodin.typepad.com. August 2, 2006.

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• But God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of man. You are in control! So if man has control, who no longer has it? God. When God gave Adam dominion, that meant God no longer had dominion. So God cannot do anything in this earth unless we let Him. And the way we let Him or give Him permission is through prayer.

  Frederick K. C. Price

  Prayer, Men, Giving

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• I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Responsibility, Artist, Thinking

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• One thing I learned, with permission of the school committee of Indianapolis, was that when a tyrant or a government gets in trouble it wonders what to do. Declare war! Then nothing else matters. It's like chess; when in doubt, castle.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  War, School, Government

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. June 12, 2003.

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• I try to give myself permission to be a work-in-progress and not have everything figured out at once. It's more manageable and takes some of the pressure off of feeling like I have to have everything right all the time.

  Jewel

  Giving, Feelings, Progress

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My teaching, if that is the word you want to use, has no copyright. You are free to reproduce, distribute, interpret, misinterpret, distort, garble, do what you like, even claim authorship, without my consent or the permission of anybody.

  U.G. Krishnamurti

  Teaching, Use, Want

  U. G. Krishnamurti, Rodney Arms (2002). “The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U. G. Krishnamurti”, p.2, Sentient Publications

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• Stop Looking for Permission to Be Yourself.
  The true individual is no more concerned over what others may think of him or her than is the sun troubled by people complaining that it's too warm, or that it shines too bright!

  Guy Finley

  Being Yourself, Thinking, People

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Apr 21, 2016

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• Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Good Morning, Summer, Believe

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• Give yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Giving, Why Not, Today

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• There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.

  Kris Carr

  Change, Life Lesson, Bullshit

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