100 Quotes About Rule

Sometimes we all need a reminder of what is right and wrong – of what is expected of us – and of how to behave. Here are the best rules quotes to help you learn how to be a good person.

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again...
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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 Jodi Picoult
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist...
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules. Alan Bennett
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There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people say one thing and mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can't do. Elizabeth Scott
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It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover. Shannon L. Alder
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There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it. Shonda Rhimes
Any fool can make a rule And any fool will...
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Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it. Henry David Thoreau
I am not really breaking any rules. Charlie said I...
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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. Stephenie Meyer
Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free...
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Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. Steve Maraboli
No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person...
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No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others. Shannon L. Alder
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People just don't seem to get me. Don't understand that I need my space. Always telling me what to do. They think rules and routines and clean hands and your p's and q's will make everything all right. They haven't got a clue. Rachel Ward
Like all who search for truth out of fear, I...
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Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do. Rachel Held Evans
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It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainly out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse. William Paul Young
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Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do. Criss Jami
As your heart goes, so goes your family! If your...
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As your heart goes, so goes your family! If your heart isn't right, no child raising system, rules, or gimmicks will ever work. As your heart goes, so goes your parenting! Jim George
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God rules with righteousness. Lailah Gifty Akita
Understand the game properly before you gear up to break...
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Understand the game properly before you gear up to break the rules Anamika Mishra
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You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. . Mandy Hale
The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement,...
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The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern your freedom. Steve Maraboli
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How would your life be different if... You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day... You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play! Steve Maraboli
How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less...
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How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses Germany Kent
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Both friend and enemy reside within us. One lives by the rule of compassion, the other by the rule of hard knocks. Though potential influence of either extreme is inevitable, our actions bear witness to the one we embrace. T.F. Hodge
A true professional not only follows but loves the processes,...
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A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession. Amit Kalantri
A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and...
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A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits. Amit Kalantri
To create new rules, use the power of love, courage,...
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To create new rules, use the power of love, courage, and kindness to break the rules. Debasish Mridha
Make rules and follow rules as needed, but don't focus...
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Make rules and follow rules as needed, but don't focus on riles. Focus on faith. Focus on grace. Focus on Jesus. Judah Smith
No one says: I broke rules, I broke rules, I...
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No one says: I broke rules, I broke rules, I broke rules - I broke all the rules. That one. And that one. And that one too. Yes, I did. Joanna Brooks
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break...
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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. Pablo Picasso
I'm the first to admit that I don't write right....
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I'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is. Lori R. Lopez
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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ] . Jim Jarmusch
When we live in ignorance, we live in darkness and...
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When we live in ignorance, we live in darkness and that is where the devil rules. Sunday Adelaja
God rules through light.
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God rules through light. Sunday Adelaja
In order to have success it is necessary to know...
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In order to have success it is necessary to know certain principles and rules Sunday Adelaja
We need to apply the rules of 10, 000 hours...
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We need to apply the rules of 10, 000 hours in order to achieve the level of a skill commensurate with the status of a world-class expert Sunday Adelaja
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Mr. Klamp laid down the law. No tardiness, no talking above 40 decibels, no untied shoelaces, no visible undergarments, no eating, no chewing gum, no chewing tobacco, no chewing betel nuts, no chewing coca leaves, no chewing out students (unless Mr. Klamp was doing the chewing out), no chewing out teachers (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of temper (unless ditto), no unnecessary displays of affection (no exceptions), no pets over one ounce or under one ton, and no singing, except in Bulgarian. I began to think Mr Klamp wouldn't be so bad.. Polly Shulman
Every student adheres to strict discipline
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Every student adheres to strict discipline Lailah Gifty Akita
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With the cure, relationships are all the same, and rules and expectations are defined. Without the cure, relationships must be reinvented every day, languages constantly decoded and deciphered. Freedom is exhausting. Lauren Oliver
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Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, 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, and I knew that first I had to get myself definitely out of that tangle back home. F. Scott Fitzgerald
That happens a lot with Shakespeare. The women go after...
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That happens a lot with Shakespeare. The women go after what they want the men wind up suckered into things. Gayle Forman
Fear has the role we give it. We are able...
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Fear has the role we give it. We are able to empower or poison ourselves to whatever degree we want. This is the beauty of our design. Steve Maraboli
7 Rules to a Happy Life:1. Be humble2. Don’t worry...
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7 Rules to a Happy Life:1. Be humble2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for less4. Mind your business5. Work hard 6. Play hard7. Be nice Germany Kent
If you can practice the rule of ten thousand hours,...
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If you can practice the rule of ten thousand hours, you will be amazed to find out how easy it is to become the best in that your area of calling. Sunday Adelaja
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If you want to be among the few who rule the world, you, therefore, must learn to convert every time of your life, every second and minute that passes by. The target of life and the idea of life is that every time must be converted into something. Sunday Adelaja
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Ladies and gentleman, " he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain. Derek Landy
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Would you like to sit?" Kellen asked her." You'd better do it soon, " Owen whispered close to her ear, "or I'm going to bend you over that table and break the club's no-penetration-in-the-lounge rule. Olivia Cunning
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The West Sister Dating Rules were clear on the matter of apologies. On the evolutionary scale of dating, a guy who apologized solely for the sake of ending the argument and getting back into your good graces was on the level of primeval slime – especially if he was clearly doing so merely because he was hoping for sex. The proper response was to unveil the offender’s deceit by demanding he explain what exactly he was apologizing for, and then scorn him when he betrayed his ignorance. Alex Gabriel
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I think the rules where different there. It was all about science, but the science was magical. It didn't care about whether something could be done. It was about whether it should be done, and the answer was always, always yes. Seanan McGuire
When you've already broken the rules of the universe, fear...
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When you've already broken the rules of the universe, fear becomes only a feeling of disconnection, distant. Jonas Samuelle
Law without reason is criminal.
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Law without reason is criminal. Criss Jami
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People will let you down in this business every single day. I think you'll be let down and disappointed more than you'll be accepted and excited. But you need to find ways to keep yourself inspired. This is mine. What's yours? Jenna Mullins
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Let me see what I can come up with, ' she said, and seemed to take a new satisfaction in it now. Something wrong to do, a law to break, and if she was lucky she might even get to steal, and it must have been then that everything changed between us and each of us didn't just have a neighbor to pass the time with but the closest thing either of us could find to a friend. ("Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls") . Brian Hodge
If people do not know the rules, they will continue...
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If people do not know the rules, they will continue making mistakes and the situation will only worsen Sunday Adelaja
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Life is absolutely a game, but technically there is no winner or looser. Because there is no universally established rule for the game. Every player defines the rules as the individual prefers. Therefore, most of the times you are playing with the rules of others, which you are not even familiar with. Such game [apparently] has determined the distinction between winners and losers, not according to the individual's own abilities, but based on how a person satisfies other players and their expectations. More alienated from one's self means greater chance and closer to be called a winner, and more authentic if a person is more will be forced toward the loser title. Kambiz Shabankare
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Hello PeopleAfter having trouble from suffer and hatred I'd like the world to know the charm of sadness I will never be far away, but always among you A deadly game and the rules are very simple You need only to follow the simplicity Die or Suffer Make your choice Eyden I.
Rules are for children. This is war, and in war...
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Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose. Joe Abercrombie
It is the rule in war, if our forces are...
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It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two. Sun Tzu
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You meet me after school right here", I said." Why?" he asked. I couldn't believe he was so stupid." Because we're going to finish this fight."" You're crazy, " Roger said. He got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail killer, and they followed their leader. I was absolutely confused. I had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of mysterious rules where people apparently DID NOT GET INTO FISTFIGHTS.(65) . Sherman Alexie
You fight by rules to keep your humanity
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You fight by rules to keep your humanity Adam Makos
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No, blowing up cities doesn't work, not in the long term. You've got to find something that the people in charge aren't willing to give up. A price they aren't willing to pay. Which leads us to Talis's first rule for stopping wars: make it personal. Erin Bow
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I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. Robert A. Heinlein
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God knew man would evolve. People think some of the Old Testament laws are absurd now because we live in a very different culture, a different time period. They had their problems and we have ours. God is constant but man is not, and he foreknew the ever-changing world his people would have to deal with; therefore, and if there is indeed an omniscient God, a Christ-like figure would be our only rational, possible connection to a constant, holy God throughout the evolution of culture and social law. The only answer that makes sense when it comes to relevance regarding religions and time periods is Christ, and the chances are slim that men could have invented it. Criss Jami
You don't have to live by someone else's rules. Do...
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You don't have to live by someone else's rules. Do what you want. Be free. Marty Rubin
You are free to create your own way of being....
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You are free to create your own way of being. There are no rules. Marty Rubin
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It must be freely admitted that there is a sort of circle here from which it seems impossible to escape. In the order of efficient causes we assume ourselves free, in order that in the order of ends we may conceive ourselves as subject to these laws because we have attributed to ourselves freedom of will; for freedom and self-legislation of will are both autonomy... Immanuel Kant
â€â€¹Dharma or Ethics and Morals are the Fundamental Set of...
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â€â€¹Dharma or Ethics and Morals are the Fundamental Set of Rules created for those who want to Play the Game, by those who are Inside the Game. Vineet Raj Kapoor
â€â€¹Who gets to Live? You or Your Rules?
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â€â€¹Who gets to Live? You or Your Rules? Vineet Raj Kapoor
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Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been instilled during their lifetime and have subtly permeated their thinking. They value rules, as it offers the ravishment of a securing, ceremonial rhythm in life and it prevents them from breaking free from their cocoon, all the more because freedom can be so scaring and exhausting. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" ) . Erik Pevernagie
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Given these differences between the sexes, the sexual revolution was the biggest joke men ever played on women. By convincing them that the old rules didn’t apply and that two could play the predator game, men enticed women to do what men have always wanted women to do. But what a price was paid for the new “freedom.” And predictably, women were the ones who got stuck with the bill. James C. Dobson
Right now I've got just two rules to live by....
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Right now I've got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don't taunt elephants. Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.- Sergeant Schlock Howard Tayler
At every age we play the same game, just by...
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At every age we play the same game, just by different rules. Mohammed Khambaty
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A true ruler does not rule others, he rules himself. Unknown
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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 w Nora Ephron
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How odd it is that we judge a woman by her clothes and the place she eats lunch and the subjects she talks about with her colleagueson her coffee break, yet we don’t judge a man if he doesn’t grow his beard or if he works with women or speaks to them. Why do Saudi women allow subjugation to a man and adhere to men’s rules and conditions? Why did I? Manal AlSharif
... just one more reminder that the rules are always...
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... just one more reminder that the rules are always different for girls, no matter who they are and no matter what they do. Roxane Gay
Women who don’t like the rules change the rules.
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Women who don’t like the rules change the rules. Toni Sorenson
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DON'T SAY, DODo not say things You think I want to hear. Instead, Say what you sincerely mean, And really intend to do. Do not think you are helping me By occasionally Being here or there, If you really have no intention Of holding my hand All the way through. Do not say you care for me, If you do not care Whenever I'm clearly Down and blue. And do not want what's best For you, If you do not wish the best For me too. Do not calculate gifts or deeds Or your giving will never feel Genuinely true. Just say what you mean And mean what you say, And let's lay these down — As our love's Golden rules. . Suzy Kassem
With poetry, rules are meant to be broken. And that's...
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With poetry, rules are meant to be broken. And that's the beauty of poetry; it's rebellious, like me. Melody Lee
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I guess that sometimes it just takes a long walk through the darkness, a long walk through the darkest shadows and corners of your soul to realize that those are a part of you as well, that you've created through your experiences and thoughts those parts within yourself and as much as you can choose to fear them and repress them, they will require your attention one day, they will need your care and acceptance before you can clean them away and turn the lights on. For you refuse to shine the light on something that is imperfect, because you fear judgement and rejection, but you can always choose to look towards the light as the only source of true beauty and love that can help you in the cleaning process. Healing, after a long time of struggle and mess is a complex process, but a necessary one nevertheless. We are so overwhelmed by the amount of work it requires that we so often choose to run away from the light, hide in our dark corner and hope that we will never be found, hope that we will never be seen, or desperately look outwards for that love and compassion that we can no longer find within ourselves, for our soul's light no longer shines as it used to. And sometimes we just find those people that can see the light beneath all that dust and darkness that's been pilled up, those kind of light workers that understand our broken souls and manage to pick us up and see the beauty within us, when we find it so hard to see it ourselves. Sometimes I get so tired of separation, of division, of groups and different religions and belief systems. Even if you do find the truth, once you've put it into words, books and rules it already becomes distorted by the mind into something that is no longer truth. So I no longer hope for understanding, no longer hope for the opinion of a judgemental mind, but I hope to find the words that touch the soul before the mind, I hope to find the touch that warms the heart from deep inside, and hope to find that far away abandoned part of me which I've left behind. Unknown
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The world is full of stupid people. That's why we have rules. But with enough intelligence, a person can be above the rules. She can make rules. Daniel Nayeri
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We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained. Clifford Cohen
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Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of Charles Dickens
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The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself. Marty Rubin
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I had artistic classical training, and when you learn the classics for so many years, you might gain audacity, power and confidence to subvert everything. I am like the originals buffoons. I love the rules because I can break them. Nuno Roque
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Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet. Pawan Mishra
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The day you give priority to bogus ethics over human reactions, you become a loser. Human reactions are priceless. Rules should never, ever stifle emotions. Tennis is a very human game facing a great danger that it will be strangulated in a cat's cradle of unnecessary or inhumane rules. Ted Tinling
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There was always a screen behind which one could hide– a superior who in turn had his superior– orders, instructions, duties, commands– and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called– there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity. Erich Maria Remarque
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Before you reprimand or condemn people on a particular act, make sure you have worked on yourself overtime such that you can't be found guilty of such act; if not you will be a victim of your own laws and rules Topsy Gift
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Nature provides exceptions to every rule. Margaret Fuller
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Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity. Mary Wollstonecraft
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It is an unwritten rule of life that when you are in acute pain and have no one to console you, someone, from somewhere, will emerge in your life to offer you comfort. However, ‘that’ someone will vanish from the scene once you begin to regain grip on your life, leaving you with another sense of loss to nurse. Hari Parameshwar
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People have managed to marry without arithmetic Geoffrey Chaucer
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Rules are made to be broken, but hearts are broken to be made. It is a big miracle to be loved "because" of your inadequacies, not "despite" them. And nothing can be as fascinating as walking tall on the same road that once witnessed your fall. Olaotan Fawehinmi
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Nim looked aghast. “Of course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? No–it’s Number Seven of the wives. Her name is Begonia.”“Oh, no, Nim, ” Vesper said. “You can’t fall for one of the wives! She’s married. And to the king, no less. That’s illegal. Maybe it shouldn’t be, but you’ll still probably be arrested if anyone finds out–or worse.”“ I knew you’d say that, ” Nim said, turning away. “You’re such a prude, Vesper. Love is above things like rules. And the king has so many wives and mistresses–he doesn’t even remember all of them. Colleen Chen
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The hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is. Eddie Van Halen
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If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only way to move things forward. Hans Zimmer
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True love is not practical. True love doesn’t always follow the rules. When you are truly in love, you can lose your mind over it. Kate McGahan
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The sound of diesel fuel rushing through grimy pistons and cylinders below a morning-fogged window bored through his ears like a deep-water drill bit, and the thump of his own heartbeat cursed him for breaking one of his many rules. Luke Taylor
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Magic?" What did magic have to do with breaking into someone's store and stealing their stuff?" Don't you get it?" Peter said. "You're free now. You don't have to live by their rules anymore." Peter pointed into the inky blackness of the basement. "The darkness is calling. A little danger, a little risk. Feel your heart race, listen to it. That's the sound of being alive. It's your time, Nick. Your one chance to have fun before it's all stolen by them, the adults, with their cruelty and endless rules, their can't-do-this, and can't-do-that's, their have-tos, and better-dos, their little boxes and cages all designed to break your spirit, to kill your magic. Brom
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We deal with so many nightmares on a regular basis. When I’m watching a horror movie, there’s a pattern, a sense of control in them. I’m just an observer, not having to deal with any of the repercussions. It’s a nice dream to think monsters play by the rules, that they’ve got a pattern you can unlock and follow. Real life’s messy, and the chaos leaves you devastated in the wake. Katherine McIntyre
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Part of the job of adults was to set limits. But the last rule, the unspoken rule of any story or journey, is that all limits are suspect. All warnings show only the point where the last story stopped, the boundary past which the map is unmapped. The Kingdom of Here There Be Dragons is the province of explorers, magicians, and kids. Bob Proehl
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I write in a fantasy world so I can make up my own rules and can change facts when I want to. It's all about having control. C.S. Woolley