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Lance is credited with popularizing the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", which he was quoted as saying in the May 1977 issue of the magazine Nation's Business. [10] The expression became widespread, and William Safire wrote that it "has become a source of inspiration to anti-activists."
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No. You heard the saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it that's my motto." Music video. The music video was directed by Patrick Tohill and NF and was released alongside the single. Shot in Nashville, Tennessee, it features the appearances of nearly a thousand fans of NF from around the world who volunteered as extras in the shoot.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it; If it were not for hope the heart would break; If it were a snake, it would have bit you; If the shoe fits, wear it; If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain; If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost
The video is shot inside a parked car where a solemn-looking Hanks begins his public disservice announcement seeming sincere. “Look, I’ve been kind of on the fence about this for a while, that ...
Ain't can be used in both speech and writing to catch attention and to emphasize, [citation needed] as in "Ain't that a crying shame" or "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary gives an example from film critic Richard Schickel : "the wackiness of movies, once so deliciously amusing, ain't funny anymore."
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Other forms of the phrase include "You aren't going to need it" (YAGTNI) [ 5][ 6] and "You ain't gonna need it". [ 7] Ron Jeffries, a co-founder of XP, explained the philosophy: "Always implement things when you actually need them, never when you just foresee that you [will] need them." [ 8] John Carmack wrote "It is hard for less experienced ...