“If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the Wiki, then ignore them and go about your business.”

— Lee Daniel Crocker

First version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules&oldid=54587 of the Wikipedia:Ignore all rules policy (17 April 2002)

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Jaclyn Moriarty (1968) Australian writer

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Craig David (1981) English singer

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“If you desire to rule and conquer, you don't just fold your hands when things go wrong, you act.”

Babur (1483–1530) 1st Mughal Emperor

"History of India" at Amazing World http://www.amworld.info/india-travel/history-of-india; it is not clear in the source cited that this is a quote of Babur — it might be a comment made about him. <br class="br">Disputed

“You're spending your life without renewing it. You've got to be amused, properly healthily amused. You're spending your vitality without making any. Can't go on you know. Depression! Avoid depression!”

D.H. Lawrence book Lady Chatterley's Lover

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“Ole Golly: You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.”

Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974) American children's writer

“When they launch ballistic missiles with slogans calling for the destruction of Israel, that makes businesses nervous.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

As quoted in "U.S. to clarify Iran rules, but Tehran must reassure wary firms" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-summit-obama-iran-idUSKCN0WY4W3 (April 2016) <br class="br">2016 <br class="br">Context: Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that might scare business off. When they launch ballistic missiles with slogans calling for the destruction of Israel, that makes businesses nervous.

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David H. Levy (1948) Canadian astronomer

Humor in Psychotherapy (2007)

“People are just people
They shouldn't make you nervous
The world is everlasting, it's coming and it's going
If you don't toss your plastic
The streets won't be so plastic
And if you kiss somebody then both of you get practice”

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“If rules make you nervous and depressed, and not desirous of participating in the Wiki, then ignore them and go about your business.”

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