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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. ↗

— Sydney Smith

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I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress. ↗

— Maurice Wilkins

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Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice? ↗

— Elliot Richardson

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa. ↗

— Stephen Potter

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