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JOSE AZNAR I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
JOSE MARIA AZNAR But that's how memory works," Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, th...
KRISTIN CASHORE After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominat...
RUSH LIMBAUGH I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
TA-NEHISI COATES When he asked permission to stay, we were just shocked. He spent the summer and then he just stayed....
SALU POLAMALU Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions.
SETH GODIN I should’ve been very cross with Anubis. Kissing me without permission—the nerve!
RICK RIORDAN [The fight for freedom was] a daunting task, ... but he did it like his comrades - without fanfare, ...
ADRIENNE CLARKSON Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
MAHATMA GANDHI Change occurs at the edges, without permission.
PATTI DIGH I want Nobody hurt me without my permission.....
LOVELY AFG God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise ...
WASHINGTON IRVING Don't touch me without my permission. Mr. Little Boy
PEACH-PIT Nothing Can Make You Suffer, Without Your Silent Permission
PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA All he would have had to do was ask and get permission and he could have gone shopping at the Galler...
DICK DEGUERIN To break training without permission is an act of treason.
JOHN HEISMAN No on can make you feel inferior without your permission.
ELENORE ROOSEVELT No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with h...
MARK TWAIN It wasn't authorized. He didn't get permission.
ISAAC HAYES This will have a significant impact on asset values for land and properties with or without planning...
CAMPBELL TWEED He didn't have much strength to offer, but what he did have was hers without question.
MIRA GRANT We only had a brief time to talk, ... He accepts responsibility for what he did, and is terribly, te...
JAMES BURKE I am very sorry, ... I'm without excuse; I have no defense for what I did. I feel terrible.
BRUCE DAVIS We weren't to allow him off property without some sort of permission from the supervisor.
BRIAN BARRON Listen to me. They may control what you do, but no one can pee on your soul without your permission.
A.S. KING of sound mind, but very strong-willed, and if his request for permission to remain in the USSR were ...
LEE HARVEY OSWALD However, it did not happen then as the requisite permission from the Indian Navy could not be obtain...
SAMIR ACHARYA I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto.
HENRY L. STIMSON It's a team effort, but we're not where we are right now without Travis. What he did down the stretc...
JEFF HEATH Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin...
CAMERON RUSSELL Never let a man put his hands on you without your permission.
MELDA BEATY My father had a flat rule. He believed that every man's house was his castle. He had a flat rule...
THURGOOD MARSHALL You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have ...
ANATOLY CHUBAIS Give yourself permission to let it hurt but also allow yourself the permission to let it heal.
NIKKI ROWE You know, I'm not sure why he started me, but I'm glad he did.
DERRICK BROOM We make our gadgets our own by the way that we use them, with or without the permission of the manuf...
LAURA MONCUR It puts limits on criminals' rights to destroy unborn children without the permission of the woman.
LINDSEY GRAHAM Suicide gives someone else the ability to write your story without your permission.
CRISTABEL MICHAELS I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball
NANCY CARTWRIGHT And We did not send any apostle but that he should be obeyed by Allah's permission; and had they, wh...
QURAN We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart;...
LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") This story is troubling not just for the families of the deceased who are now finding out that these...
ASSEMBLYMAN FRANCIS BODINE Bob feels foolish about doing what he did. All he had to do was ask to go to the Galleria or ask to ...
DICK DEGUERIN He did it with pride, ... And I'm glad my brother did it, with pride he stand up for who he is to de...
CHAI VANG He's shown remorse for the victims, the surviving victims, and the pain and suffering. He actually h...
BRAD GARRETT Jesus went to the cross for sins He didn't commit. Hello! You can carry a grudge just thinking a...
MONICA JOHNSON You could definitely hear in his voice that he was sorry for what he did and he expressed that he ha...
JARED DUDLEY Working out that I am not Mizuko has been an important step towards feeling better. If I have...
OLIVIA SUDJIC We're sorry to see Darryl go. He did a good job for us this season, but he's closer to home and that...
ADAM MUELLER The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission.
ANDREW CARD If he took her into his arms, he would keep her. He wouldn't let her suffer the way the other mortal...
MELISSA MARR Their apostles said to them: We are nothing but mortals like yourselves, but Allah bestows (His) fav...
QURAN Conservatively speaking, my understanding of the law is that if Google went to scan in a book withou...
DAVID ADLER You don't have two 18-year-old kids go into a hotel and have a baby without medical training and say...
JOSEPH HURLEY You experience a miracle when great things start happening in your life without your permission.
NERRYMIAH SCIPIO I don’t know where the hell you came from, but I’m glad you did. I’d have been lost without yo...
ADI ALSAID We don't advocate citizens getting involved, for their own safety, but he was very brave, and he did...
LARRY COGGINS JR We lost four seniors, we are not very deep. But he Powell has been such a welcome addition to the te...
HANK BONTRAGER He just wanted to get all the details cleared up, and then he gave me permission.
TOM ZBIKOWSKI So he was really a tortured fellow, ... He felt very lonely during that period. But he felt that it ...
MARK RYDELL For me, it was easy to work with him. He was so very knowledgeable, but he was ready to listen, and ...
LLOYD RICHARDS I've heard Deion Sanders say how he went entire games without getting thrown at. But when they did [...
CHARLES TILLMAN It was a very good thing he did today. I'm glad it didn't get strung out.
DON MCDONALD Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.
AMY VANDERBILT Bill would try anything - and get away with anything. He always looked as if he didn't particularly ...
DAN AYKROYD .. what she had was hers absolutely, not to be touched by other hands without proper permission bein...
CHARLAINE HARRIS Who has been unhooking the stars without my permission, and putting them on the table in the guise o...
VICTOR HUGO The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission an...
WILLIAM TEMPLE You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that...

So, what next!?...
DEYTH BANGER We are disappointed we did not get the outcome we first expected, but we were very selective, and I'...
MARK BOOTH As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission...
JOHN GREEN Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
PAT ROBERTSON Eugene wouldn't let the game end without getting one. He wanted to be the last straw that broke thei...
MIKE MANNINO We are glad we found her, but sad the way we did,
DAVID HUFFMAN But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
BIBLE Keys meant Neil had explicit permission to be here and do what he liked. They meant he belonged.
NORA SAKAVIC We're fine without it. We just did Live 8 without that [special effects or gimmicks]. We play festiv...
NIKKI SIXX We're fine without it. We just did Live 8 without that [special effects or gimmicks]. We play festiv...
NIKKI SIXX Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buyi...
OGDEN NASH He stepped up to the plate and did what he had to do without overdoing it and using it as a platform...
BRYANT YOUNG I don't know how he did it, but he got the money for me to go back to school. He was very, very supp...
CRISTINA CORREA Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without th...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER After he won his first league championship game, he went out and bought scooters for everybody. He n...
FRANK ROMERO I don't know how he calmed me down without even talking, but he did. Some people just have a calming...
COLLEEN HOOVER I called them because my car was taken without my permission. My baby was inside of my car and they ...
KRISTA ALLEN We are a generation of women that has listened to the much louder voices of parents, teachers, emplo...
CONNIE STEVENS Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his...
ALYSON NOEL They may think that all military officers are George Patton, but what about Colin Powell? We're real...
ALAN ROGERS Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny -
Did you ever try b...
OGDEN NASH Certainly there are things in life that money can’t buy, but it’s very funny –
Did you e...
OGDEN NASH He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once ...
BIBLE He made a mistake and he was punished for it. We all make mistakes. What's important is how you resp...
BYRON SAMUELS Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied...
CRISS JAMI Permission to disregard your orders, Underqueen."
"Permission not granted. Permission categori...
SAMANTHA SHANNON At no time did Valve grant permission nor discuss these advertisements with Engage. As such, this is...
DOUG LOMBARDI Kershaw did not minimise the historical role played by his insane, ideological fixations, but he did...
VOLKER ULLRICH It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend;...
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COLIN POWELL there was reason for guarded optimism. And let us be clear about what brought it all to a halt -- te...
COLIN POWELL There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfe...
COLIN POWELL I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a d...
COLIN POWELL It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi...
COLIN POWELL seeing some convergence of views.
COLIN POWELL Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
COLIN POWELL The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
COLIN POWELL the level of a mammoth new campaign.
COLIN POWELL We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
COLIN POWELL Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
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