Set the ground rules and make sure it feels right.
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
F. LEE BAILEY Oh, I should probably set a few ground rules before we do this.”
“Oh?” I turn at the wais...
J.A. REDMERSKI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We're really trying to make sure we have the right set of offerings for different customers.
BARRY GOFFE The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
BUDDHA He told me to get after Gary [Payton], to make sure he was fired up.
BRIAN SHAW When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules.
LENA DUNHAM Children need boundaries and ground rules. When children don't have structure, they make up their ow...
JO FROST Make sure your right, and then go do it.
DAVY CROCKETT It feels incredible. I've got a little bit of a pain right here, (pointing to temple), but it sure d...
CHRIS CLARK My feet are always on the ground. My family and friends make sure I stay there.
FAYE MARSAY It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out ma...
V. E. SCHWAB It feels like a new show almost — it is different — but the vibe on the set is great,
JOSH DUHAMEL The code of the schoolyard, Marge! The rules that teach a boy to be a man. Let's see. Don't tattle. ...
DAN CASTELLANETA Every fund has a right to set up rules to protect shareholders. That's why we have the fair practice...
DAVE LUCCA Funny, cute and kissable
I've found a girl that makes me lose control
Every night's like t...
THE SUMMER SET A movie set or any set is a completely private place and it feels very insulated.
NOAH EMMERICH We wanted to take some time and make sure we get it right.
EVA ARMSTRONG Break the rules this fucking world set for you but never ever break the rules the ones you set for y...
SUPERNA BATHEJA Make sure you set high enough limits for your property.
STAN LOAR We wanted to make sure that we did it right.
KATHERINE LAPP Brokers and carriers have to make sure the right disclosures were made by the right people at the ri...
DONALD LIGHT It sure feels good to win.
HEIDI SMITH We wanna take the crowd on a ride from start to finish, and make sure that the audience feels comfor...
BENJI LINEBERRY Make sure when you reach for the stars, you keep both feet firmly planted on the ground.
CHARLES F. GLASSMAN Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire an...
JOHN ROBERTS If you set the example, you won't need to set many rules.
MAMA ZIGLER We're digging in the ground, and we wanted to make sure we didn't hit an electrical cable or anythin...
BOB PARKER Well, Valek, any new promotions?” the Commander asked
“No. But Maren shows promise. Unfortu...
MARIA V. SNYDER Only children simply accept the fact that their parents have the right to make choices for them. Eve...
THE MIRROR OF MAYBE Somebody has to review everything to make sure it was done right.
DR. DENNIS WYMAN We have to make sure that our set moves come off right and we're not dropping passes. We need to con...
KYLE MCBRIDE No timetable. We want to make sure we make the right decision.
DAVE SAMLER Break the rules and make up your own rules.
ELLE MEYER You could improve or make sure the patient gets the right drug, at the right time and at the right d...
DR DANIEL BAUMGART If you want to set up your own stables, make sure you can achieve it financially and you have the ti...
CHRIS YATES I felt I was inbounds; I tried to make sure I got my foot on the ground and dove, making sure to sta...
MATT SCHAUB In life nothing easily gkes right, so if something is going right make sure that it is really going ...
ABHINAV SACHITH It made us better because we had to keep our heads in the game, make sure we set a good example and ...
KATIE WILSON I'm sure he feels much more comfortable now,
NEW YORK GIANTS The burden is really on them to make this right and set the record straight.
MATT FOREMAN We want to make sure we have a really good set of cutoff sensors, because, after all, that is a crit...
WAYNE HALE For clarification of your doubts about matched betting learn from The Sure Bettor a perfect guide to...
THE SURE BETTOR (A lot of self-employed people) don't make the effort to set up the right plan and to fully fund it.
BILL KRING Make sure everyone, who works with you or for you, feels the need to tell others about the incredibl...
CHRIS MURRAY Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.
BOB MARLEY I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rul...
CECELIA AHERN I got it barely off the ground, and I thought, 'Oh no.' I looked at the two rules officials and I kn...
GREG REYNOLDS You know, If you weren't tiny, cute and remarkably innocent looking I'd be running away right now. T...
STEPHANIE PERKINS If it feels right in your heart, it is right.
BRIAN BENSON If it feels right in your heart, it is right.
G. BRIAN BENSON The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the...
GAVIN NEWSOM Yeah right, no matter what were air tight, so when you hear something make sure you hear it right.
P. DIDDY PUFF DADDY It's different throwing off a slope than on flat ground. We'll see how it feels.
PEDRO MARTINEZ I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.
DR. DRE We advocate for our students and make sure their needs are met. We have set up our program to includ...
MAKENZIE LUTZ I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rul...
MIKE SINGLETARY I want everything to be good. Before I start 10-metre I'll make sure I'm in appropriate shape and ma...
ALEXANDRE DESPATIE (Flowery Branch principal) Mark Coleman shared with me he had some very qualified candidates. But he...
GORDON HIGGINS We were unsatisfied with some of the rules because they are not uniform and we feel are arbitrarily ...
JENNIFER VITELA Before burning a bridge, make sure your on the right side
CHRIS MCADAMS Lionel wanted to make sure he had the right to appeal.
ELLIS RUBIN This is a very important decision, and we want to try to make sure we make the right choice.
CHARLES ECKSTINE You couldn't really say that something that hurts so badly feels good exactly. It's more that it jus...
JULIA HOBAN Gonna change my way of thinking, make my self a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forwa...
BOB DYLAN In life, people don't go for what is right. People go for what feels right. Understand this and you'...
TARY C. We have been expecting this and are prepared. We have further tightened our rules to make sure that ...
JAN PEDERSEN I like assembling sandwiches, and I like cooking a steak perfectly. We make sure it all goes on righ...
CHRIS JONES The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean t...
DAVY JONES If the thought inspires you, and it feels good and right...it is yours, alone, to exercise. So get r...
T.F. HODGE It is a mathematical model of computation that is defined by a mathematical set of rules. By specify...
EHUD SHAPIRO We have...to make sure our messages are relevant in a way that is fresh and connects to each of our ...
BOB BERTINI Taking your time is not a bad idea to make sure they get it right the first time.
DON BOSCH Who rules the world?… - It's for sure, ain't you!
DEYTH BANGER I'm not sure what a good person is, exactly. On the one hand, it could be someone who always play by...
MICHAEL THOMAS FORD While you're sitting there wondering why you've kept all the rules and you still haven't achieved ev...
DAN PEARCE My hamstring feels amazing, ... I can feel it a little bit but it feels all right.
LENDALE WHITE We set up a perimeter to guard our vehicles; make sure they weren't torched or stolen,
SCOTT STAUFFER We've been working on this message for two weeks to make sure it was worded right.
ANDREW THOMAS We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.
TAMORA PIERCE I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself.
CRISS JAMI It felt, at first, slightly adulterous, and now it feels completely right.
GAVIN ROSSDALE Whoever it was that set me up wants me in the ground as quickly as possible,
DOMINIC PURCELL That issue has to be addressed in a more structured way by small states. You cannot allow the WTO to...
CLYDE MASCOLL We've just got to make sure we're lined up right.
HARRY SPROUSE When you come right down to it, the ground you stand on is the ground you stand
on.
W. LEITZEN EPA just strengthened its hand to make sure states implement clean air rules on time and on target, ...
MICHAEL SHORE What happens this weekend stays between us. We set the rules.
JAYSON JAMES It is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves unde...
PAUL TOURNIER It feels like a new show almost it is different but the vibe on the set is great,
JOSH DUHAMEL The value of routine; trusting your swing.
LORII MYERS I love rules and I love following them, unless that rule is stupid.
ANNA KENDRICK We're not in that mind-set here. Bill is running for governor and he has a primary opponent in (Rep....
EVAN DREYER Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken.
CRAIG FERGUSON The United States began life in a moment of time with a Declaration of Independence, and then procee...
STOCKWELL DAY We weren't sure if he caught it just before he hit or as he hit. After he hit the ground, we were gl...
MIKE HARGROVE When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set o...
RAHM EMANUEL I have to make sure that I am doing the right thing. I can't afford to make any mistake.
EHUD OLMERT It feels hopeful, and it feels different. Credit is due the government scientists who are finally sa...
KRISTEN BOYLES What's really good is (a pile of) grass cuttings or a decomposing log, a dead tree. Make sure it's i...
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AMBROSE BIERCE One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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AMBROSE BIERCE Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
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