#permission

People were always able to look at Bettie Page and see what they needed her to be and she gave them that permission to do so. So in that way she's a feminist but I don't think she was ever trying to be. ↗

— Gretchen Mol

#always #ever #feminist #gave #her

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be. ↗

— Joy Page

#choose #dream #envision #give #permission

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#arizona #balk #civil #civil rights #claim

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#anything #approaching #brute #brute force #citizens

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

#black #black and white #could #excited #give

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

#anyone #artist #been #else #given

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives. ↗

— Doris Roberts

#ask #entitled #everything #i #i think

This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #daunting #help #how #into

I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#city #him #i #kyoto #must

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#because #coming #enforce #illegal #immigration