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Quotes About Restrictions

I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.
~ Erica Jong
In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.
~ Valeria Mazza
Black skin was filled with so many barriers, so many restrictions, so many.
~ Randi Pink, Into White
Women were supposed to be strong, but they weren't really, they weren't allowed to be.
~ Carol Shields
Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money.
~ Thomas Hobbes
She ate her breakfast in silence, then drove downtown in weather so lowering the streetlights seemed decapitated. This was when you could discover if your preparations for winter were adequate, and if you were ready for the restrictions of movement and light that were about to be upon you.
~ Thomas McGuane
It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs.
~ Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Clearly, a large number of people who shouldn't have firearms actually apply through the process and obtain firearms.
~ William Bratton
There are certain things that we can deal with by following the rules. But at times, we find the rules restrict you from doing the right things. On such occasions, we have to rethink - either you change the rules or break the rules.
~ Mahathir Mohamad
I'm not used to having my civil liberties taken away like this. In America, nobody would dream of telling you where you can or can't go." And over thirty million Americans died during the Pandemic as a result of that sort of thinking, he thought. "I
~ Connie Willis
These were the new protocols. Strictures that had not existed before. Now they did.
~ Cormac McCarthy
Not a single Southern legislature stood ready to admit a Negro, under any conditions, to the polls; not a single Southern legislature believed free Negro labor was possible without a system of restrictions that took all its freedom away; there was scarcely a white man in the South who did not honestly regard Emancipation as a crime, and its practical nullification as a duty.
~ W.E.B. Du Bois
Parties somehow represent the rationing of fun, and that very concept depresses me. You're allowed to act like a tit at parties; therefore by implication, you're not allowed to act like a tit the rest of the time
~ Charlie Brooker
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.
~ Charlie Kaufman
What's the point of getting people free only to put restrictions on them?
~ Chetan Bhagat
Unser Leben ist eingeengt von zahllosen Gewohnheiten, an die man sich halten muss, wenn man zur Horde gehören will.
~ Hans Bemmann
Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.
~ Lauryn Hill
Pero las leyes son un poco raras. Por ejemplo, un país de Asia tiene una ley que obliga a que todas las bicicletas tengan las ruedas del mismo tamaño. Una isla tiene una ley que prohíbe que nadie recoja la fruta. Y una ciudad no demasiado alejada de donde vivimos tiene una ley que me prohíbe acercarme a menos de ocho kilómetros de sus límites.
~ Lemony Snicket
Order me something without dairy or tomatoes or gluten," Potts said. "That would be the paper napkins
~ Janet Evanovich
It was never the case that prisoners were simply allowed unlimited parcels - books or otherwise... It would be a logistical impossibility to search them all, and they would provide an easy route for illegal materials.
~ Chris Grayling
Children are more restricted than ever when it comes to taking physical risks - one of the ways previous generations built resilience. Thanks to health and safety mania, leapfrog, marbles and conkers are now considered unsafe.
~ Claire Fox
Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school.
~ Denise Richards
Rollover minutes don't work with curfews.
~ Becca Fitzpatrick
It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.
~ Gail Collins