Rules Quotes
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Rules are for those who can't think of a better way.
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The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
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Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.
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5 rules to live a happier life: 1) Love yourself. 2) Do good. 3) Always forgive. 4) Harm no one. 5) Be positive.
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The confessing church of American Ragamuffins needs to join Magdalene and Peter in witnessing that Christianity is not primarily a moral code but a grace-laden mystery; it is not essentially a philosophy of love but a love affair; it is not keeping rules with clenched fists but receiving a gift with open hands.
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Around four o’clock, when our bosses were having tea, the forewoman bumped me with her bony hip. This was a sign that she would take over for fifteen minutes while I went on a break. Every day she gave one of us a break like that. There was no more “reason” for her kindness than for the cruelty of the camp commander who had slapped Trude. It was the individuals who made their own rules in this situation. No one forced them to behave in an unkind manner. The opportunity to act decently toward us was always available to them. Only the tiniest number of them ever used it.
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It was one of the primary rules of thievery. When hiding, sneaking, and trickery are all out, the correct answer is "run like hell."
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Three rules of good negotiation: 1. Know what the other party wants. 2. Listen carefully. 3. Don't let your emotions get in the way of a good deal.
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Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it is, and then they judge it. They judge the rest of the thing by whether it conforms to their rules for what a good symphony orchestra would be.
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We're not attempting to circumcise rules.
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These rules are the most restrictive of any rules we know about in the world of biomedical research, ... The rules as you see them today are extremely stringent. With the ban on consulting for paid activities, I think Congress should be very fully reassured we've addressed the fundamental issue of public trust in the integrity of the science.
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I think we're going to see a lot of candidates. I actually think they will sort themselves out starting this weekend when the rules of the game are put into play.
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One of my rules is, if Jesus or Taylor Swift calls, I take the call.
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Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'
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Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.
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But the longer I’m dead, the more I think the universe is a big blackboard with rules scrawled all over it in chalk and stardust and it’s just that the damn thing is flipped over and turned away from us so we can’t see anything but the erase, which death, hitting the floor.
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Four Rules For Life Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results.
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A lot of that criticism stems from jealousy, don’t you agree? People have a hard time accepting someone who soars so high. Someone who dares to break all the rules.
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The best records are not perfect. They don't sound digital or like someone applied rules.
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Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.
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Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.
