Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared.
State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets.
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I came to know that I had put myself in harm's way. Every time that I have listened to the counsel of prophets, felt it confirmed in prayer, and then followed it, I have found that I moved toward safety.
Vegan or not, gluten-free or not, Erin McKenna's donuts are the best I've had in 20 years, without exception.
This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.
. . . 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!'
We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.
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Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.
Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.
The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one.
There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.
All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.
I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed.
The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.
Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.
Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
If you feel like getting a divorce, you are no exception to the general rule.