"We crave permission openly to become our secret selves."

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Salman Rushdie

#Self Quotes #Secret Quotes #Permission Quotes

“It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.”
“To win a negotiation you have to show you're willing to walk away. And the best way to show you're willing to walk away is to walk away.”
“As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.”

Source : "We Can’t Take the Internet for Granted" by Ron Wyden, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 16, 2011.
“I think it's very valuable as an actor to throw yourself back into having that direct connection with an audience on-stage and work that muscle. It is a very different type of work and equally fascinating. I mean, I've very much in love with filmmaking because I really love the way you can tell stories with a camera and how music and everything contributes to the story in a very direct way. But I also think it's very valuable to come back to theatre, so if the right script came along I would love to come back to London and do some more.”
“Free men stick their necks out.”

Source : Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.28, University of Chicago Press
“Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.”
“Wayne Bennett believes in himself and his players, and he always will.”
“It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.”

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