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In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen.

- Martha Gellhorn

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn`t happen.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That`s why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .

- Suzanne Fields

Vengeance, deep-brooding o`er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow

- Sir Walter Scott