Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.
. . . there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little to discourage this trend. . . . Rand had often protested, 'Protect me from my followers!'
art itself shuns commonality: while the scientist may seek the phenomenon that repeats itself, the artist seeks the exception.
With rare exceptions, people are responsible for what they do.
Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.
In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.
With the exception of dessert, food is food.
Hypersegregated inner-city schools - in which one finds no more than five or ten white children, at the very most, within a student population of as many as 3,000 - are the norm, not the exception, in most northern urban areas today.
There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.
Either you allow Holy Scriptures to change you, or you will normally try to use it to change--and clobber--other people. It is the height of idolatry to use the supposed Word of God so that my small self can be in control and be right. But I am afraid this has been more the norm than the exception in the use of the Bible.
Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception.
I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.
Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival of the fittest and most selfish.
There are 3 rules to follow if you want to change; (1) Start immediately, (2) Do it flamboyantly, (3) No exceptions.
Blanket statements are always stupid. NO EXCEPTIONS!
A true New Yorker never backs down, and I'm no exception. Holla!
Financial operations do not lend themselves to innovation. What is recurrently so described and celebrated is, without exception, a small variation on an established design. . . The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.
All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them
Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception.