#allowed

The reason why you were allowed to get away with that in the '60s and '70s is because this country's racist administrative policies were such that rich white kids were getting exemptions. I said no exemptions. ↗

— Montel Williams

#allowed #away #because #country #exemptions

Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds. ↗

— Dick York

#allowed #hearts #minds #people #radio

How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved slightly in the first genuine smile Grey had seen. "I swallowed it," Fraser said. Grey's hand closed convulsively on the sapphire. He opened his hand and rather gingerly set the gleaming blue thing on the table by the chess piece. "I see," he said. "I'm sure you do, Major," said Fraser, with a gravity that merely made the glint of amusement in his eyes more pronounced. "A diet of rough parritch has its advantages, now and again. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#john-grey #sapphire #swallowed #diet

I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#anybody #because #borrowed #grant #how

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#children #day #direction #guide #had

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#countries #destructive #dozen #empire #expanding

I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#i #new #new york #school #tv

The fun stuff comes when someone is not so strict on sticking to the script. You're allowed the spontaneity, and great moments can happen. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#comes #fun #fun stuff #great #great moments

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#assembly #beginning #bell #everyone #five

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion. ↗

— Sai Baba

#back #becomes #built #foundations #ground