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52d61ac The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence. rules John Green
ebff8fd ...and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires slow-thinking rules F. Scott Fitzgerald
14f8c3f Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it. humor conformity law rule foolishness fool rules Henry David Thoreau
815d877 Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law. regulations law rules Cassandra Clare
01479a6 Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women. rebellion women empowerment rule-breaking wellesley-college-commencement good-behaviour trouble ladies obedience rules Nora Ephron
69b0c45 He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable love unattainable rules Jodi Picoult
315fdd1 "I am not really breaking any rules. Charlie said I could never take another step through the door again... I came in through the window... Still, the intent was clear," said Edward." humor edward rules Stephenie Meyer
b1db042 Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. rules Terry Pratchett
591e303 Hitch: making rules about drinking can be the sign of an alcoholic,' as Martin Amis once teasingly said to me. (Adorno would have savored that, as well.) Of course, watching the clock for the start-time is probably a bad sign, but here are some simple pieces of advice for the young. Don't drink on an empty stomach: the main point of the refreshment is the enhancement of food. Don't drink if you have the blues: it's a junk cure. Drink when you are in a good mood. Cheap booze is a false economy. It's not true that you shouldn't drink alone: these can be the happiest glasses you ever drain. Hangovers are another bad sign, and you should not expect to be believed if you take refuge in saying you can't properly remember last night. (If you don't remember, that's an even worse sign.) Avoid all narcotics: these make you more boring rather than less and are not designed--as are the grape and the grain--to enliven company. Be careful about up-grading too far to single malt Scotch: when you are voyaging in rough countries it won't be easily available. Never even think about driving a car if you have taken a drop. It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't ever be responsible for it. men responsibility drinking women alochol drowning-one-s-sorrows drunk-driving hangovers scotch single-malt martin-amis whiskey advice alcoholism eating food drugs rules Christopher Hitchens
56b8d45 Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must. rules Neil Gaiman
bfcdbbd Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities. personal-autonomy responsibilities laws rules G.K. Chesterton
6714faf "1) Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2) Start no more new books, add no more new material to "Black Spring." 3) Don't be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand. 4) Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! 5) When you can't create you can work. 6) Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers. 7) Keep human! See people, go places, drink if you feel like it. 8) Don't be a draught-horse! Work with pleasure only. 9) Discard the Program when you feel like it--but go back to it next day. writing anais-nin rules Henry Miller
8ed60eb It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any. life conduct-of-life society rules Wallace Stegner
00023d5 Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread life family-values mafia rules Mario Puzo
7c87338 "Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art." (Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in .)" writer inspirational fulfillment last-words natural rules Charles Dickens
8b0ce00 I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you could talk in the library, how many paper towels you could use in the rest room, and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I'm finding out about growing older is that there are just as many rules about lots of things, but there's nobody watching. growing-up rules Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4823eea ...legitimacy is based on three things. First of all, the people who are asked to obey authority have to feel like they have a voice--that if they speak up, they will be heard. Second, the law has to be predictable. There has to be a reasonable expectation that the rules tomorrow are going to be roughly the same as the rules today. And third, the authority has to be fair. It can't treat one group differently from another. legitimacy rules Malcolm Gladwell
0412f3d She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head. miss-piggy muppets weight-loss dieting rules Susan Donovan
7dfdf4a I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rules have been blurred, because today they were literally on my front doorstep. morality right-and-wrong rules Cecelia Ahern
2b9935e The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not. dictatorship fascism rules Christopher Hitchens
d9deb5f Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules. rules Charlotte Brontë
dc452a1 Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often. man laws right-and-wrong rules Craig Ferguson
8de45eb To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group. socialism responsibility relationship family friendship community duties rules Robin Hobb
2ef5ab3 As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have... religion jubal rules Robert A. Heinlein
07a29a0 My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish war bryden-blackfish first never tully enemy cat wishes rules George R.R. Martin
35292de To dream in doctrines, how tidy! inspiration legalism rules John le Carré
444fb2c The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further. lying lies life rule cynical rules Jennifer Crusie
e558db8 Only two guys to a fight. One fight at a time. They fight without shirts or shoes. The fights go on as long as they have to. Those are the other rules of fight club. rules Chuck Palahniuk
1156d37 Human cultures vary widely in the plants they use to gratify the desire for a change of mind, but all cultures (save the Eskimo) sanction at least one such plant and, just as invariably, strenuously forbid certain others. Along with the temptation seems to come the taboo. taboos drugs rules Michael Pollan
a2a0369 In order to understand the intensity of ritual forms, one must rid oneself of the idea that all happiness derives from nature, and all pleasure from the satisfaction of a desire. On the contrary, games, the sphere of play, reveal a passion for rules, a giddiness born of rules, and a force that comes from ceremony, and not desire. sex fun joy religion play seduction games pleasure rules Jean Baudrillard
fdc6c3e In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough. india travel logic rules Tahir Shah
71a1741 There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister. rules Julia Quinn
078f800 people have managed to marry without arithmetic marriage bible tenets maths rules Geoffrey Chaucer
60d32f0 Human nature turns out to be more complicated than the idea that people will get along if only the rules are clear enough. Uncertainty, the ultimate evil that modern law seeks to eradicate, generally fosters cooperation, not the opposite. law uncertainty government rules Philip K. Howard
1143090 By mindfully deciding how to act in line with my values instead of mindlessly applying my rules, I was better able to make the decisions that supported my happiness. intentionality values rules Gretchen Rubin
ae09fbd "Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too!" Larch blurted hastily. ..."In a better world..." she began patiently. "No, not in a better world!" he cried. "In this one--in this world. I take this world as a given. Talk to me about this world!" ... "Oh, I can't always be right," Larch said tiredly. "Yes, I know," Nurse Caroline said sympathetically. "It's because even a good man can't always be right that we need a society, that we need certain rules--call them priorities, if you prefer," she said. ... Always in the background of his mind, there was a newborn baby crying... And they were not crying to be born, he knew; they were crying because they were born." institutions laws rules John Irving
add5aa8 The universe has certain rules. Among them are: And: And most applicable in this case: The first rule could be, at a stretch, applied to Tony Stark and the Iron Man suit, considering recent events. One notable exception to the second rule was currently swinging around New York City on a spider web, which did not bear thinking about. humor iron-man spiderman rules Eoin Colfer
d5edfc0 ... just one more reminder that the rules are always different for girls, no matter who they are and no matter what they do. women girls rights rules Roxane Gay
623b224 Your grandmother thought--no, she believed, it was like a faith for her. She believed it the way some people believe in God or science. She believed that it was the rules that made her life so easy. She thought life was about the rules people make for it, as if life was some kind of a board game and if you had a little luck, and you kept to the rules, you'd end up winning. Or maybe she thought it was like a game of solitaire and once the cards had been shuffled and laid out, if you had a good draw you were safe, as if it was arranged for you to win. Or to lose, although Grandmother considered herself someone who had won, since all she had to do once she was born was follow the rules. But really, life's like a game of bridge: You're dealt a hand and it can be a winning hand or a losing one, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll win or lose because there are other people at the table, your partner for one, and the other ream for another, that's three people...playing too, and people make mistakes, multiply that times three too, or you can just be smarter than they are. And luckier too, because anybody who sits down to play bridge or life without figuring out how much luck is involved is making a Big Mistake. I don't want you girls doing that. cards life-philosophy luck rules Cynthia Voigt
127b734 We had started out caring about each other, but in the end none of us knew how to care for each other. But this experience taught me that a community based on the idea that everyone hates rules is, in the end, just as disappointing and oppressive as a community based on the ability to follow rules. rules Nadia Bolz-Weber
94c234f Like life, games were governed by rules. But unlike life, games were utterly defined by those rules. The rules were the game, and if one played by different rules, then one simply played a different game. Since a fixed framework of rules determined the meaning of every move as a move, games possessed a clarity that made life seen like a drunken brawl by comparison. The proprieties were indubitable, the permutations secure; only the outcome was shrouded. life rules R. Scott Bakker
14a3189 And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence? institutions rules John Irving
5ade18b 1. Men are easy to please but are not pleased for long before some new novelty must delight them. 2. Men are easy to make passionate but are unable to sustain it. 3. Men are always seeking soft women but find their lives in ruins without strong women. 4. Men must be occupied at all times otherwise they make mischief. 5. Men deem themselves weighty and women light. Therefore it is simple to tie a stone round their necks and drown them should they become too troublesome. 6. Men are best left in groups by themselves where they will entirely wear themselves out in drunkenness and competition. While this is taking place a woman may carry on with her own life unhindered. 7. Men are never never to be trusted with what is closest to your heart, and if it is they who are closest to your heart, do not tell them. 8. If a man asks you for money, do not give it to him. 9. If you ask a man for money and he does not give it to you, sell his richest possession and leave at once. 10. Your greatest strength is that every man believes he knows the sum and possibility of every woman. money men passion women trust gender-relations perception power rules Jeanette Winterson
7408b6f Democracies do have written rules (constitutions) and referees (the courts). But these work best, and survive longest, in countries where written constitutions are reinforced by their own unwritten rules of the game. These rules or norms serve as the soft guardrails of democracy, preventing day-to-day political competition from devolving into a no-holds-barred conflict. no-holds-barred rules Steven Levitsky
5c2b243 Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms. institutional rules Niall Ferguson
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