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Tag Name "Rules" (2135)

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Rules of society are nothing one's conscience is the umpire.
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
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Rules such as Write what you know, and Show, don't tell, while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist nimble enough to get away with it. There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction: Whatever works, works.
Tom Robbins
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Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.
Mary Quant
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Rules matter, and to be rules they need to be universal in form: always do this, never do that. But it is foolish to rule out in advance the possibility that an occasion might arise when normal rules just don't apply. Rules are not there to be broken, but sometimes break them we must.
Julian Baggini
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited
Hjalmar Schacht
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Rules for Self Discovery: 1. What we want most 2. What we think about most 3. How we use our money 4. What we do with our leisure time 5. The company we enjoy 6. Who and what we admire 7. What we laugh at.
Aiden Wilson Tozer
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rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.
Ally Carter
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Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly.
Alan Cohen
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Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.
Abraham Lincoln
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Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.
Stacy London
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Rules of taste enforce structures of power.
Susan Sontag
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Rules are what the artist breaks the memorable never emerged from a formula.
William Bernbach
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Rules, whether they govern sexual morality or financial probity, regardless of whether they are justifiable or undesirable, always provoke bold recalcitrants to devise clever, defiant ways to breach them.
Richard Davenport-Hines
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Rules and regulations, who needs them. Open up the door, we can change the world.
Graham Nash
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Rules? Ixion is supposed to be free of rules, yet it seems as strict as Grave in its own way and more...more dangerous.
Marianne de Pierres
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Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.
Winston Churchill
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Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further.
Bruce Barnbaum
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Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
Simon Cowell
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Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
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Rules are for the obidience of fools and interpretations of smart men.
Colin Chapman
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
John Lydon
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Rules that are never violated cease to be recognized as Rules.
Mason Cooley
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Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.
Trenton Lee Stewart
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