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Simone Weil Philosopher, Activist
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"The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the same time he is the only man who has not deserved the punishment. But, after all, for him it is no punishment; it is God holding his hand and pressing rather hard. For, if he remains constant, what he will discover buried deep under the sound of his own lamentations is the pearl of the silence of God."

Men Hands Silence
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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
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"Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them."

Men Hands Excellence
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Robert Jordan Author
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"Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards."

People Men Hands
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Stefan Zweig Writer
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"Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if it comes froma weak hand and is imperfectly formed, it inspires the ethical spirit to constantly renewed creation."

Inspirational Hands Inspire
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Steven Adler Musician, Drummer
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"The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability."

Hands Feet Golden
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Steven Morrissey Singer-Songwriter
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"A heartless hand on my shoulder A push and it's over Alabaster crashes down Six months is a long time Tried living in the real world Instead of a shell But before I began I was bored before I even began"

Real Long Hands
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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
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"My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made (America) stronger - we made (America) freer - and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all. And so, goodbye. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America."

Hands Differences Goodbye
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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the Hindu paintings? All sorts of grotesque and unnatural figures. What do you see in a Hindu temple? A Chaturbhanga Narayana or some such thing. But take into consideration any Italian picture or Grecian statue-what a study of nature you find in them! A gentleman for twenty years sat burning a candle in his hand, in order to paint a lady carrying a candle in her hand."

Hands Order Italian
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide."

Eye Hands Guides
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Octavia Butler Author, Novelist
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"Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it's useful for keeping people on the straight and narrow."

People Hands Women
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Kami Garcia Author
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"I walked over and picked up one of the jugs. "What's this? Some kind of Caster disinfectant?" Lena took it out of my hand and lined it up with the others. "Yeah, it's called bleach."

Hands Bleach Jugs
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J. D. Salinger Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"I have scars on my hands from touching certain people...Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me. Other things, too. Charlotte once ran away from me, outside the studio, and I grabbed her dress to stop her, to keep her near me. A yellow cotton dress I loved because it was too long for her. I still have a lemon-yellow mark on the palm of my right hand. Oh God, if I'm anything by a clinical name, I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy."

Life Hands Hair
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom."

Hands India Widows
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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
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"Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me."

Self Hands Mirrors
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