“By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.”
Source: The Elements of Typographic Style
“We weren't happy. It was a nightmare, breaking the rules and all that.”
Everyone seemed to be having fun, but they were so taking many drugs they wouldn't know it anyway.
"Charlotte Rampling: In from the cold", in The Independent (25 March 2005) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/charlotte-rampling-in-from-the-cold-529788.html.
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"Who cares?”
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