#standard

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. ↗

— Jean Toomer

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I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

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I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing. ↗

— Carly Simon

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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs. ↗

— Carly Simon

#i #more #my own #own #songs

It's hard to lose when your standards are so low. ↗

— John A. Simone, Sr.

#lose #low #standards #your

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. ↗

— Mira Nair

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If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#correct #cuts #down #educational #genius

Currently under FCC policy, indecency determinations hinge on two factors. First, material must describe or depict sexual or excretory organs or activities. Second, the material must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium. ↗

— Doug Ose

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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking. ↗

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

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Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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