Romany Malco

The biggest cardinal sin is not being in the moment, whether in life or on-screen. You owe it to your fellow actor that if they feed you something, you give them an earnest response to what they've said to you as opposed to what you wanted to do before they ever showed up.

American Actor

David Halberstam

If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.

American Journalist

John Rampton

A cardinal rule in budgeting and saving is to pay yourself first. Once your paycheck hits your account, wisdom has it that you should move some amount to savings even before you pay the bills.

American Businessman

Mao Zedong

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

Chinese Leader

Major Taylor

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

American Athlete

Raul Ruiz

I'm not against speaking publicly and having passion for something. One of the cardinal beauties of America is that we have the freedom to do so.

American Politician

Joyce Meyer

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

American Author

Martin Luther

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

German Leader

Steve Bannon

I totally respect the pope, and I totally respect the Catholic bishops and cardinals on doctrine.

American Public Servant

Thomas Hobbes

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

English Philosopher

Used to describe a specific rank within the Catholic Church, just below the Pope.

Church Hierarchy

Primarily used in religious discussions or texts; not common in everyday conversation.

Not Common Usage

Conveys a sense of respect and authority within the Church; often associated with significant religious events.

Cultural Importance

Highlights the fundamental nature of something; suggests it's essential.

Essence

Adds a tone of seriousness or urgency to a statement.

Serious Tone

The word often signifies the bright red color of the male bird, a notable feature.

Distinctive Color

A term familiar in bird watching and ornithology contexts.

Bird Watching

Don't confuse with ordinal numbers, which indicate position (first, second, third).

Ordinal vs Cardinal

Commonly used in mathematics to denote quantity, as opposed to algebraic operations.

Math Context

This sense is outdated and rarely used in modern language except in specific contexts.

Archaic Usage

 and instead, everything is in cardinal north, south, east and west. And when I say everything, I really mean everything. You would say something like, "Oh, there's an ant on your southwest leg." Or, "Move your cup to the north-northeast a little bit."

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 I was reminded of a cardinal rule -- not a research rule, but a moral imperative from my upbringing -- "you've got to dance with the one who brung ya". And I did not learn about vulnerability and courage and creativity and innovation

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 This has complicated implications. Broadly it means that releasing the Saltators back in the wild should be less problematic concerning the genetics criterion I just mentioned than releasing the Red-Cowled Cardinals.

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 enemies to themselves but here in Indonesia all sorts of other fish are developing the same immunity cardinal fish for instance and hawk fish it's beginning to get crowded this is evolution in progress from here

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 the universe they had a fifth direction that we don't use on our cardinal points which is the center the axis mundi they believed everything were created from that Center they center themselves in

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 friend so I kind of nut it up and here I said in lockdown Julie Murphy is in the hole as well this time because she broke one of her cardinal rules by developing strong feelings for another inmate

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 As a literary critic, he identified two cardinal rules for the short story it must be short enough to read in one sitting, and every word must contribute to its purpose. By mastering these rules,

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 Rather than imagining an ideal society, the Stoic tries to deal with the world as it is while pursuing self-improvement through four cardinal practical wisdom,

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 I've been offered an audience with Cao Dai senior cardinal to understand the religion's secretive history. How do you do, sir? Very pleased to meet you.

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 It's gorgeous! I mean, how long did it take them to build that? It's just So, uh -- wooo -- you know? We kind of have a cardinal rule

Cardinal

Church Hierarchy

Not Common Usage

Cultural Importance

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