#free

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. ↗

— Joan Didion

#back #expectations #free #give #great

At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote. ↗

— Emo Philips

#away #charge #contained #dollars #first

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes. ↗

— Trevor Phillips

#committed #crimes #free #horrific #miles

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind. ↗

— Philo

#cities #countries #enjoyed #fill #free

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#about #any #away #create #crisis

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. ↗

— Pitbull

#bass #freestyle #grew #hip-hop #house

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#free #free will #gave #god #man

I'm a feminist, a 21st-century feminist - which means choice and freedom. One has the right to be both glamorous and ethically structured. ↗

— Arielle Dombasle

#choice #ethically #feminist #freedom #glamorous

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design. ↗

— Richard Powers

#arrange #constraint #design #dullness #each

Free love sounds great. ↗

— Laura Prepon

#free love #great #love #sounds