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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.

Quote by Boy George about opinion, world

The movies were for me a kind of patronage that allowed...

The movies were for me a kind of patronage that allowed me to keep studying dance.

Quote by Victoria Abril about dance

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made...

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Quote by Douglas Adams

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Quote by Douglas Adams about rules, people

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his...

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.

Quote by Michael Bolton

It grew very organically. I allowed all these streams to...

It grew very organically. I allowed all these streams to enter the book because they felt as though they needed to.

Quote by Michael Chabon

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of...

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

Quote by Johnny Depp about privacy, commerce, use, money, life

You're encouraged to buy a car. They give you a road tax and places to park, and you must put a coin in. If you stay there any length of time, you're not allowed to feed the meter. If you can't get back to your car, they put a clamp on the car.

Quote by Sean Connery about commerce, time

Refinancing allowed households to take out cash to spend...

Refinancing allowed households to take out cash to spend on other things while also reducing their monthly mortgage payments.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about things

Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial ideas into other parameters through technology.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about technology, music

He allowed us to choreograph the sex scenes.

He allowed us to choreograph the sex scenes.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about sex

On several occasions as children, Jane and I were allowed...

On several occasions as children, Jane and I were allowed to be with the grown-ups at the parties they'd have at our house, though there weren't many.

Quote by Peter Fonda about home, house, children

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet...

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about games

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Quote by Herodotus about being, man

I'd have loved to have been all the parts. I could have done them all brilliantly. There's no doubt about that. But I wasn't allowed. That bloody director!

Quote by Mick Jagger about doubt

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

Quote by James Joyce about fiction, name, children, mother, age, olderness

On a two lane road, no cars will come from the opposite direction where the lanes are divided by a white line. However, as soon as it's allowed to bypass, the opposite lane is jammed.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions...

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

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about man, chance

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.

Quote by Cynthia Payne about research, good, good luck, things

I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think it was a great cross for him to bear that he couldn't get out and be with his fans.

Quote by Minnie Pearl

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