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• I don't cheat, I play by the extended rules.
• I don't make the rules, Gil, I only play the game. -- Cash McCall
• The play 's the thing Wherein I 'll catch the conscience of the king.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act ii, Sc. 2...
• In magic, as in all true professions, there are rules by which you must play.
  At least, you must play by them until such time as you can get away with something else....
• Unhand me, gentlemen. By heaven, I 'll make a ghost of him that lets me!
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act i, Sc. 4...
• How come they made up all the rules before I got here?
• I 'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• I 'll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword.
  -- Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650) -- My Dear and only Love...