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We have to give ourselves—men in particular—permission to really be with and get to know our children. The premise is that tak... - MORE We have to give ourselves—men in particular—permission to really be with and get to know our children. The premise is that taking care of kids can be a pain in the ass, and it is frustrating and agonizing, but also gratifying and enjoyable. When a little kid says, "I love you, Daddy," or cries and you comfort her or him, life becomes a richer experience.

Anonymous Father

fatherhood

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Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility. Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

Terri Apter

adolescence/adolescents

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There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading ... may be given without first getting the author's permi... - MORE There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading ... may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

Robert Benchley

books

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I had reconciled myself to a life without marriage or children for the sake of my career. And then my brothers got married. I real... - MORE I had reconciled myself to a life without marriage or children for the sake of my career. And then my brothers got married. I realized I didn't even have a home, that in the future I couldn't do politics when I had to ask permission from their wives as to whether I could use the dining room or the telephone. I couldn't rent a home because a woman living on her own can be suspected of all kinds of scandalous associations. So keeping in mind that many people in Pakistan looked to me, I decided to make a personal sacrifice in what I thought would be, more or less, a loveless marriage, a marriage of convenience.

Benazir Bhutto

marriage | independence of women | politics

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Often I am permitted to return to a meadow
as if it were a given property of the mind... - MORE Often I am permitted to return to a meadow
as if it were a given property of the mind
that certain bounds hold against chaos,

that is a place of first permission,
everlasting omen of what is.

Robert Duncan

meadows

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Parents must not only have certain ways of guiding by prohibition and permission; they must also be able to represent to the child... - MORE Parents must not only have certain ways of guiding by prohibition and permission; they must also be able to represent to the child a deep, an almost somatic conviction that there is a meaning to what they are doing. Ultimately, children become neurotic not from frustrations, but from the lack or loss of societal meaning in these frustrations.

Erik H. Erikson

frustration

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Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission ... - MORE Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.

for the State of Iowa

Native Americans | lovers

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The most significant change wrought by adolescence is the taming of the ideals by which a person measures himself. . . . Love of o... - MORE The most significant change wrought by adolescence is the taming of the ideals by which a person measures himself. . . . Love of oneself becomes love of the species. Conscience is pointed to the future, whispering permission to reach beyond the safety net of our ordinary and finite human existence.

Louise J. Kaplan

adolescent development | the changing child | adolescence

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Democracy means the permission to be everyone's slave. Democracy means the permission to be everyone's slave.

Karl Kraus

democracy

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The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another;... - MORE The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another; during aggression, we move ourselves against another. Assertion is vital within a relationship. Aggression is not.... The truth is, reports indicate that both men and women enjoy a partner who is assertive. Such a partner eliminates the need for second-guessing and mind-reading. Such a partner gives his or her mate implicit permission to be similarly assertive. Aggression, however, often evokes more aggression—thrusts, parries, and strategies for defense.

Georgia Lanoil

aggression | assertion

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