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The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

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Laozi
Chinese - Philosopher
604 BC - 531 BC

In order to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a passing acquaintance with whatever norm one expects to deviate from.

Frank Zappa

I don't deviate - once you get validated for being you, I don't know why you would deviate. I stick to my gut and my taste.

Russ

The Matchplay is a straight knock-out tournament so everybody is under pressure straight away - I prefer that.

Adrian Lewis

If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.

John Zorn

Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.

Ani DiFranco

You can do a lot with a commercial break - you can change days, you can suggest the passage of time. So sometimes that's a great thing artistically, to know that's going to be there. Obviously you'd always prefer that people see it straight through, and you don't want them to be taken out of it by advertising, but that's the reality of what's paying the bills here.

Matthew Weiner

I think support of the straight community is very important and I think there has been a profound shift in public opinion seen reflected in many ways. We do not need straight people to speak for us but we do want straight people to stand with us.

Cleve Jones

I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.

Oliver Stone

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

Jeremy Paxman

I have to give this comment about the American people - they are very good fans. But they are very protective. I think they would prefer it if their great stars are born in America. They are the ones that only stay in the hearts of the fans. And that's understandable.

Alex Zanardi

I want to treat people the way I like to be treated and be very straight with them.

Denise Morrison

Gay people, certainly gay people of my generation, at least of a certain echelon - middle-class Americans - have binocular vision. We all are raised by straight people and grow up with straight people and in straight families, but we all have this totally other way of looking at things. Increasingly as I get deeper into middle age, that is why I resist plunking for any one camp. Because I have this delicious sort of experience of being able to see things in two ways.

Daniel Mendelsohn

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

Laozi

I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school.

Kyan Douglas

SXSW can feel very male, very straight, and very white, and though it's a great festival, when you have a film that's different, it's hard to find your place.

Andrew Haigh

The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to be very rock solid, and crisp in execution.

Steve Ballmer

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