#allowed

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#begins #decisions #denied #importance #important

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else. ↗

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#allowed #because #competent #consistently #else

I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco. ↗

— Amy Irving

#am #anymore #francisco #hippie #i

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#allowed #australia #disaster #government #i

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules. ↗

— Joan Jett

#allowed #decided #figured #follow #going

In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #authorities #been #beijing #book

The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #apology #been #being #chinese

I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?' ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#around #back #children #feel #gay

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me. ↗

— Kristen Johnston

#allowed #beautiful #first #me #total

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes. ↗

— Norah Jones

#big #fun #make #making #mistakes