Fernando Pessoa
Poet, Writer
"There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist."
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Denis Diderot
Philosopher, Writer
"All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings."
Bette Davis
Actress
"The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with."
James Thurber
Cartoonist, Author
"There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception."
Kanye West
Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
"If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best."
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"There are 3 rules to follow if you want to change; (1) Start immediately, (2) Do it flamboyantly, (3) No exceptions."
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"Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one)."
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"God is concerned about everything that concerns us - without exception."
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"I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws."
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"Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness."
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"The exception tests the rule."
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"The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception."
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"One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it."
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"Science does not permit exceptions."
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"I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule."
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"Aslan's instructions always work; there are no exceptions."
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"Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a man is having. Either owning or being owned."
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"As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny."
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"With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution."
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"In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception."
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"But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking."
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"Without Exception, Begin Every Day of your Life with Gratitude."
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"Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed."
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"All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part."
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"The press is, almost without exception, corrupt."
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