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In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.