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*[[Do your talking on the pitch]]. | *[[Do your talking on the pitch]]. And [[leave it on the pitch]]. | ||
*[[Don’t be that guy]]<ref>If you said, “''or'' girl,” ''you’re being that guy''. ([[and/or]] girl, [[as the case may be]].)</ref>. | *[[Don’t be that guy]]<ref>If you said, “''or'' girl,” ''you’re being that guy''. ([[and/or]] girl, [[as the case may be]].)</ref>. | ||
*Take simple pleasure in pretty things. Stop and smell the coffee. Enjoy the sunset. Admire a wood in autumn. | *Take simple pleasure in pretty things. Stop and smell the coffee. Enjoy the sunset. Admire a wood in autumn. | ||
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*[[If it gets up your nose]], [[People you don’t like can still have a point|he’s probably got a point]]. | *[[If it gets up your nose]], [[People you don’t like can still have a point|he’s probably got a point]]. | ||
*First question: [[cui bono]]? | *First question: [[cui bono]]? | ||
*[[You can’t take it with you]]. Leave it on the pitch, not the table. (see [[do your talking on the pitch]].) | *[[You can’t take it with you]]. [[Leave it on the pitch]], [[Don’t leave anything on the table|not the table}}. (see [[do your talking on the pitch]].) | ||
*[[Be useful]]. | *[[Be useful]]. | ||
*The Devil ''is'' the detail. | *The Devil ''is'' the detail. | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 18 August 2018
Maxims for a happy life.
- Do your talking on the pitch. And leave it on the pitch.
- Don’t be that guy[1].
- Take simple pleasure in pretty things. Stop and smell the coffee. Enjoy the sunset. Admire a wood in autumn.
- Let it go. In the immortal words of the Eastenders script-writing collective, “LEAVE IT, PHIL. HE’S NOT WORTH IT.”
- Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
- Keep an open mind
- Go off the grid — sometimes.
- Walk on the grass. Fuck ’em.
- Find a different way home.
- Write the music you want to hear.
If it gets up your nose
- [It’s your problem, not his]]
- If it gets up your nose, he’s probably got a point.
- First question: cui bono?
- You can’t take it with you. Leave it on the pitch, [[Don’t leave anything on the table|not the table}}. (see do your talking on the pitch.)
- Be useful.
- The Devil is the detail.
- Back yourself.
- Perfection is the enemy of good enough.
- It’ll do.
- "Gee, I wish I spent more time in the office," said NO ONE IN HISTORY.
- They’re more scared than you are.
References
- ↑ If you said, “or girl,” you’re being that guy. (and/or girl, as the case may be.)