basic rule
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My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
The most important thing for people to understand is that the basic rule that people have a right to send information over the Internet - even when they are using a wireless device - is part of the framework.
There's a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don't know what it is. But I've got it.
A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are.
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.