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I collect old rusty hand tools and sharpen and polish them, then use them to build things out of walnut and cherry that I harvest from fallen trees in the woods. -- John Grogan
Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers. -- Ayelet Waldman
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young. -- Josh Hartnett
A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image. -- Roy H. Williams
I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting. -- Nathan Fillion
In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts. -- Mallory Ortberg
The most common mistakes women make when applying makeup are not applying it in the proper light and not using their hands as blending tools. -- Bobbi Brown
Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor. -- Ella Reeve Bloor
A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. -- Charles Babbage
In Scotland, I have a huge barn full of woodworking tools. I love working with my hands. I basically just make myself bleed a lot. I'm very accident-prone. -- Greg Wise
To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools to pave their own way to success. -- James Langevin
Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did before I got into acting. -- Matt LeBlanc
When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see. -- Josef Albers
I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars without the tools and ability to track these dollars. -- Rick Larsen
I don't think language could have evolved if it was the only distinctive trait. It goes hand in hand with our ability to develop tools and technologies, and also with the fact that we cooperate with nonrelatives. -- Steven Pinker
The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination. -- Walter Murch
We take what we think are the tools of spiritual transformation into our own hands and try to sculpt ourselves into robust Christlike specimens. But spiritual transformation is primarily the work of the Holy Spirit. He is the Master Sculptor. -- Jerry Bridges
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules. -- Madi Diaz
On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both. -- Yehuda Berg
Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist. -- Agnes Varda
The hand is the tool of tools. -- Aristotle
An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye. -- Michelangelo
Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers. -- Dion Fortune
And psychedelics now, as we de-condition ourselves from the post-medieval world, they are present to hand as tools. -- Terence McKenna

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