Allowed Quotes
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I was not allowed to take spherical trigonometry because I'd sprained my ankle. Because I'd sprained my ankle, I had an incomplete in gym, phys ed. And the rule was that if you had an incomplete in anything, you were not allowed to take an overload.
William Bradford Shockley Jr.
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Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.
Finley Peter Dunne
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You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.
Lena Horne
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If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.
Abraham Lincoln
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The important question to ask is why these bodies are allowed to exist. If a country such as Spain allowed a repressive body like the Inquisition to exist for four hundred years, it is not because the Inquisition forced itself on the Spanish nation. It is because the Spaniards allowed it to exist.
Cullen Murphy
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Sure, I’m sad, but I’m not looking to soothe that sadness by replacing it with a new relationship. Women are allowed to be sad, and they’re allowed to be single, and they don’t need to hear that one day a man is going to make it all go away by telling her she is good enough again. She’s good enough as she is.
Charlotte Green
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I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that unpredictable factor, where the feeling of the song is allowed to come through. The same ethos can be applied to singing Mozart, or Schubert, or Bach. It's not just about what's on the page.
Kathleen Battle
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In the first half, we allowed them to do whatever they wanted.
Alana Beard
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If it wasn't for those guys, things would still probably be the way they are. The things they accomplished have allowed me to be a ballplayer, so I always respect them for that.
Carl Everett
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The only thing a star asks is to be allowed to twinkle.
Marilyn Monroe
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I allowed myself to relax, and there's just no excuse for it. Anytime you relax on that field, big plays can happen. We can't let that happen in games like this.
Charles Woodson
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Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.
Arthur Lynch