#allows

The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#humor

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#combination #different #different people #each #how

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top. ↗

— Michael Bay

#breaks #business #challenges #director #fast

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio. ↗

— Clint Black

#anywhere #drives #entirely #hard #home

I think one reason people play golf is it allows them to obsess about something other than the daily crap. It takes your mind off that. ↗

— Lewis Black

#allows #crap #daily #golf #i

We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#day #delivered #election #election day #fair

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#allows #beginning #between #end #everything

I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#choose #i #incredibly #lucky #me

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#arranger #composer #intention #make #moments

He who allows oppression shares the crime. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#crime #oppression #shares #who