"Revolution has become a sort of violent and hollow routine."
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"There is hope in extravagance, there is none in routine."
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"My life revolves around my child's routine."
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"One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered."
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"There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me, because I don't conform."
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"A body without bones would be a limp impossible mess, so a day without steady routine would be disruptive and chaotic."
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"I do like to wear the same hat on game days, but I consider that more of a routine thing than a superstition."
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"The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disappear into the background of ordinary every day routine."
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"I have a timetable, but no routine."
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"Of course. My sadness has become a routine that no one notices anymore."
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"Writing should not be routine; writing should actually be the opposite of procedural because otherwise the written word would become a routine word."
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"I'm very low-maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine."
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"In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine."
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"I'm definitely up in weight. I'm looking forward to getting an exercise routine again. It's like a daily decision."
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"In this environment it was a simple matter for The Republic to maintain its structure. People did as they were told because they were working together, focused on a common threat, a shared enemy. But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip."
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"I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence."
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"Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life."
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"I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In other words, I email with my friends constantly and sometimes I'll pull out something I've written and save it."
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"It is only in the lonely emergencies of life that our creed is tested: then routine maxims fail, and we fall back on our gods."
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"The most active lives have so much routine as to preclude progress almost equally with the most inactive."
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