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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 niceGermany Kent
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Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 37: There is no "overkill." There is only "open fire" and "reload."-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 11: Everything is air-droppable at least once.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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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 SchlockHoward Tayler
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Maxim 8: Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 16: Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Galileo, yet men turn around women!Ljupka Cvetanova
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As artists, it is our job to question the rules and ask if they are relevant or outdated, necessary or arbitrary, helpful or oppressive.Teresa R. Funke
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Obedience, responsibility, rules and safety are loyal, inseparable playmates. But Love is their wise mother, who knows there are times to break them up, at least for a bit, lest they get into some kind of arrogant, bullish, mischief or completely shut out their other siblings - joy, common sense, and compassion.Connie Kerbs
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I’d want them to know that everyone has their own rules for living and few people actually live by them all. So, although I may not have lived up to all of my rules and expectations in this book, I’d want them to know that I tried, and the reason I tried was for them, and if I broke them, they were broken with the best of intentions.Travis Culliton
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Maxim 30: A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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The rule was that they never went to the same place twiceMhairi McFarlane
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I don't break the rules, I simply bend them in my favor.Efrat Cybulkiewicz
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All lines are gray in the dark.Nenia Campbell
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Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.Unknown
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When you obey the rules, the rules obey youErnest Agyemang Yeboah
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You can't do what you want to, so just do what you have to.Moveena Rasheed
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Maxim 10: Sometimes the only way out is through... through the hull.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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We need rules when we are young but once they are instilled we can have sensible leewayFrank Healy
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Fine art is the discipline of breaking rules.M.B. Dallocchio
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For though I was raised Protestant, my true religion is actually civility. Please note that I do not call my faith “politeness.” That’s part of it, yes, but I say civility because I believe that good manners are essential to the preservation of humanity– one’s own and others’– but only to the extent that that civility is honest and reasonable, not merely the mindless handmaiden of propriety.Kathleen Rooney
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The moment you exchange spontaneity with rules you've lost the edge of romanceUnknown
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Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 28: If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 18: If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 2: A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 15: Only you can prevent friendly fire.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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Maxim 5: Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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...I applied her rule to my life; after all, we are all searching for them, the rules. We pick them up from the strangest places, and if they appear to work once we can live a whole lifetime by them, regardless of the unhappiness and difficulty they may later bring.Rachel Joyce
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Maxim 31: Only cheaters prosper.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective MercenariesHoward Tayler
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The first rule on breaking a rule is to know everything about the rule.Nuno Roque
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When you disobey the rule, you sell your freedom. You cripple your real you. The daily direction of your life is restricted and directed by the rule and the rulingErnest Agyemang Yeboah
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Always ask any questions that are to be asked and never answer any. Turn everything you hear to your own advantage. Always carry a repair outfit. Take left turns as much as possible. Never apply your front brake first.‘ If you follow them’, said the Sergeant, ‘you will save your soul and never get a fall on a slippery road.Flann OBrien
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Forget the past, think of future, remember God's goodness and His power and ability to take you to where you ought to be and establish you.Jaachynma N.E. Agu