Cardinal Rules Quotes

• Don't compare yourself to others you have no idea what their journey is all about.

  Dawn Abraham

  Inspirational, Life, Lost Love

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• Make peace with your past - so it won't spoil the present!

  Denise Austin

  Inspirational, Peace, Past

  FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Jan 20, 2012

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• What people think of you is none of your business.

  Deepak Chopra

  Life, Missing You, Recovery

  Twitter post from Jun 24, 2012

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• No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

  Regina Brett

  God Never Blinks

  "45 Valuable Life Lessons For People Of Any Age" by Stephanie Wong, www.businessinsider.com. October 19, 2014.

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• Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

  Ze Frank

  Life Lesson, Recovery, Thinking

  "The Show". Short video program, www.zefrank.com/theshow/, May 4, 2006.

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• If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

  Bill Walsh

  Errors, Phones, Editing

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• Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

  Regina Brett

  Letting Go, Attitude, Giving

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• There are three cardinal rules - don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.

  W. H. Auden

  Matter, Three, Funny Business

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• There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.

  Oliver Sacks

  Science, Medicine, Physicians

  Oliver Sacks (2013). “Migraine”, p.309, Vintage

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• The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected.

  Bob Barker

  Usa, Missing, Unexpected

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• I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear.

  Isaac Asimov

  Writing, Long Ago, Mind

  "Nemesis". Book by Isaac Asimov. Introduction, 1989.

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• One cardinal rule in behavioral medicine is that unless it is interfered with, your body knows exactly what it is doing and always does the best thing it can do under the circumstances. Consequently, if you are overweight, you may reasonably assume that the extra fat itself is your body's best adjustment to the circumstances you are providing.

  Jill Johnson

  Medicine, Doe, Body

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• Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.

  John Weitz

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting a cardinal rule: The paper you own, in the end, will be intertwined with the fate of the 30-year bond.

  Jim Cramer

  Birthday, Business, Fate

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• I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music. That’s how it works. You don’t buy fish from a dentist, or ask a plumber for financial advice, so why listen to an actor’s music?

  Hugh Jackman

  Art, Careers, Broken

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• I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics-Well, they can do whatever they wish.

  Isaac Asimov

  Writing, Long Ago, Mind

  "Nemesis". Book by Isaac Asimov. Introduction, 1989.

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• Attention must be paid’ is the cardinal rule of design discipline, for the designer is above all someone who pays attention to the situation at hand.

  Ralph Caplan

  Hands, Discipline, Design

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• In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.

  Robert De Niro

  Money, Gambling, Play

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• To me, the "tape" is the final arbiter of any investment decision. I have a cardinal rule: Never fight the tape!

  Martin Zweig

  Fighting, Decision, Finals

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• I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.

  Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Writing, Thinking, Firsts

  "Siddhartha Mukherjee: 'A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2011.

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• Hillary Clinton follows a cardinal rule in politics - don't commit to a decision before you have to.

  Chris Matthews

  Decision, Clinton, Spats

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The very first as a cardinal rule for a person to build trust is to do must only that what is humanly just as that helps to wipe and wither away those parasitic people stuck to his life as dirt and dust.

  Anuj

  Dust, People, Wipe

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• The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.

  Verity Stob

  Errors, Mind, Lap

  "Catch as Catch Can". www.theregister.co.uk. January 11, 2006.

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• A cardinal rule of writing is never interrupt yourself to explain something. If you must bring up an obscure topic, drop informative hints about it as you go along so that you don't end up with the entire explanation all in one place. This keeps you from skidding to a stop and sounding teacherish. Otherwise it's better to omit the obscure topic altogether, or as mothers might put it: if you can't say it interestingly, don't say it at all.

  Florence King

  Mother, Writing, Topics

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• [On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

  Lynda Obst

  Movie, Hollywood, Youth

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