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Following Instructions Quotes

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

George C. Marshall
Following Instructions, Serious, Given

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

Donald Knuth
Funny Inspirational, Reading, Following Instructions
Donald Ervin Knuth (1984). “The texbook”, Addison-Wesley Professional

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.

William Shakespeare
Following Instructions, Advice, Palaces
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [13]

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.

Sun Tzu
War, Following Instructions, Giving
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter XIII), 2003.

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

James Dean
Inspirational, Motivational, Following Instructions
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

I've left specific instructions that I do not want to be brought back during a Republican administration.

Timothy Leary
Following Instructions, Want, Administration
"The Nastiest Things Ever Said About Republicans" by Martin Higgins, (p. 130), 2006.

Remember your name. Do not lose hope ---what you seek will be found.

Neil Gaiman
Following Instructions, Names, Remember
Neil Gaiman (2008). “M Is for Magic”, HarperCollins

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director's task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.

James Dean
Following Instructions, Order, Play
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Following instructions is overrated.

Seth Godin
Following Instructions, Overrated, Relatable

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

Seth Godin
Art, Following Instructions, Needs

It's good to be young and full of dreams. Dreams of one day doing something 'insanely great.' Dreams of love, beauty, achievement, and contribution. But understand they have a life of their own, and they're not very good at following instructions. Love them, revere them, nurture them, respect them, but don't ever become a slave to them. Otherwise you'll kill them off prematurely, before they get the chance to come true.

Hugh Jackman
Dream, Love Is, Following Instructions

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.

Garry Kasparov
Country, Following Instructions, People

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