#allow

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. ↗

— James Joyce

#allowed #child #coming #coming of age #father

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly. ↗

— Anita Desai

#i #own #rigidly #story #structure

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. ↗

— Hugh Blair

#enjoyment #man #mediocrity #only

It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe. ↗

— John Blair

#apparently #been #calls #contact #first

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#allows #beginning #between #end #everything

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#bitter #find #flatters #greedily #lie

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#allowed #freedom #general #genius #insight

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#allowed #dulling #excellence #goodbye #human

There are a lot of times that if a detail in a scene or a beat, feels unnatural, they'll allow me to explore another direction to go until we're all comfortable with what we are doing. ↗

— George Eads

#another #beat #comfortable #detail #direction

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#best #could #falling #falling in love #get