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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. ↗

— Plato

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To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule. ↗

— Emily Post

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Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing. ↗

— John Podhoretz

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I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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The overriding rule, if you want to run a domain, is to be fair. ↗

— Jon Postel

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I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free. ↗

— Iggy Pop

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My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen. ↗

— Natalie Portman

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Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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