#allowed

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

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

— Norah Jones

#big #fun #make #making #mistakes

But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the exercise of no faculties but those which they enjoy in common with the brutes that perish. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#allowed #between #brutes #class #common

I can understand why those bands do it. It can be a hell of a lot of bloody fun. People are allowed to have a bit of fun after the age of 40, and a lot of them do need the money. ↗

— Nik Kershaw

#age #allowed #bands #bit #bloody

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. ↗

— Alan Keyes

#allowed #before #claim #experiment #failed

When you see the political parties squabble, if a baby is not allowed to be born, all the other issues do not come into play. ↗

— Alveda King

#baby #born #come #into #issues

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#allowed #because #crew #filming #get

Men are allowed to get older and women are not. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#get #men #older #women #women are