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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Justice
Legal
Political
Consistency
Important
More
Precedence
Than
Plain
Right
For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
Jessica Lange
Home
Family
Me
Mother
Nothing
Having
Taken
Over
Precedence
Being
Ever
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
Richard P. Feynman
Nature
Reality
Relations
Must
Fooled
Take
Over
Precedence
Cannot
Public
Public Relations
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
Richard P. Feynman
Nature
Technology
Reality
Relations
Must
Fooled
Take
Over
Precedence
Cannot
Public
Successful
Public Relations
Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Life
Work
Great
Me
Rule
Find
Takes
Since
Always
Precedence
Often
Acting
Necessarily
Started
Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.
Ciara
Life
Mom
Great
Son
Challenge
My Life
Think
Everything
Taken
Over
Precedence
Stop
Being
Order
Gonna
Should
Ever
We should not allow a trade treaty to take precedence over our own laws and regulations.
Dan Lipinski
Own
Our
Laws
Take
Allow
Over
Trade
Precedence
Should
Regulations
Treaty
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.
David Korten
Property
Rights
World
Human Rights
Increasing
Give
Property Rights
Over
Institutions
Inequality
Inevitably
Question
Precedence
Human
Legitimacy
Serious
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.
Don Henley
Sometimes
Word
Will
Wind
Forcing
Melody
Ring
Onto
Take
Songwriters
Head
True
Singers
Up
Precedence
Forget
Get
Notes
The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.
Edward Dmytryk
Editing
Dramatic
Take
Mere
Over
Always
Aesthetic
Precedence
Should
Requirements
Film
My dad traveled so much for work that, when he was home, we always wanted to spend as much time with him as we could, so going to practices and doing stuff like that with him took precedence over Saturday morning cartoons. We'd go to practice with my dad just so we could be a part of it.
J. B. Bickerstaff
Work
Time
Home
Morning
Practice
Took
Spend
Cartoons
Could
He
Part
Stuff
Over
Like
Him
Practices
Always
Doing
Go
Precedence
Going
Just
Wanted
Much
Dad
Traveled
Saturday
Saturday Morning
Judgments that give an impression that we can disregard the Constitution for political expediency, or to solve what we regard as current problems, set a dangerous precedence which will make it difficult to govern in future or to make ordinary citizens to abide by the Constitution.
Jacob Zuma
Future
Constitution
Expediency
Dangerous
Political
Problems
Will
Difficult
Citizens
Solve
Abide
Give
Make
Judgments
Govern
Impression
Precedence
Current
Regard
Ordinary
Which
Disregard
Set
It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.
James Bovard
Me
Conservative
Few
Conservatives
Favor
Has-Been
Administration
Voiced
Over
Suppression
Concern
Been
Surprising
Precedence
Being
So-Called
Set
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
John Milton
Live
How
Precedence
Forget
Nations
Teaching
England
Her
There's a great energy and drive that takes precedence in a lot of rock and pop. It's about making a strong visceral connection. That's something that I think great classical music can have, too.
Joshua Roman
Music
Great
Strong
Drive
Energy
Think
Too
Visceral
Classical
About
Classical Music
Something
Takes
Rock
Making
Lot
Precedence
Pop
Connection
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.
Khaled Hosseini
Me
Mind
Down
Else
Broad
Everything
Everything Else
Write
Writer
Never
Taken
Over
Ideas
Always
Precedence
Story
Agenda
Sweeping
Certainly
Sat
Specific
The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Face
Rose
Striving
Fair
Lily
Precedence
Her
Winning takes precedence over all of it. That's the ultimate happiness. It's not location. It's not stardom. It's not 'where can I make the most money.' It's winning, and winning championships.
Paul George
Happiness
Money
Location
Winning
Takes
Over
Most
Make
Ultimate
Precedence
Where
Stardom
Championships
Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true.
Payne Stewart
Time
World
Be True
Long
Long Time
Year
Incredible
Everything
Brought
About
Seems
Take
Tour
Football
He
True
Attention
Him
Tiger
Greatest
Always
Heard
Greatest Thing
Precedence
Happened
Golf
Series
Thing
World Series
People are salaried for the work they do, not the specific hours they sit at their desks. When you ding salaried employees for showing up five minutes late even though they routinely stay late and put in time on the weekend, you send the message that policies take precedence over performance.
Travis Bradberry
Work
Time
You
People
Employees
Sit
Late
Though
Stay
Minutes
Weekend
Take
Put
Performance
Over
Hours
Message
Policies
Up
Five
Precedence
Send
Showing
Showing Up
Even
Specific
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