While practicality is the key to QR success, it never hurts to get a little creative.

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It never hurts to remind people that the studio has a hit on its hands.

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"It never hurts to be involved in associations, " says Nancy Grossman, a recruiter for Capital H Group, a human-capital consulting firm based in Chicago.

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But it never hurts to be prepared for that next generation.

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There are plenty of times of course that you do need a full-on meeting, but it never hurts to impose the discipline of asking that question.

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It never hurts to ask your colleagues for their input on how they might like to see the meetings structured, although I would do this on an individual basis.

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Or if you think your HDTV is setup properly it never hurts to double check and here are some rules that should go without saying, but we're not going to let that stop us.

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Oh, and it never hurts to be cute.

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Steve Case of AOL (nyse: AOL - news - people), a late arrival who managed to muscle his way in - proving once again that it never hurts to be a motorcade away from Capitol Hill.

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