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I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.