"On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars."
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"Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me."
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"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation."
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"Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because it did well with the capital in its hands."
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"I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands/and wrote my will across the sky in stars"
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"God gives where he finds empty hands."
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"It is an esoteric doctrine of society, that a little wickedness is good to make muscle; as if conscience were not good for hands and legs."
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"He lay on his chair with his hands clasped above his paunch not reading, or sleeping, but basking like a creature gorged with existence."
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"I am afraid the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can, and do, create money...And they who control the credit of the nation direct the policy of Governments and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people."
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"Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul."
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"Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of hand to sustain power."
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"People are the custodians of the world's wealth; if you want them to hand some over to you, you have to be nice to people!"
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"In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that."
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"A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world - his heart to God and his hands to work."
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"Ernest [Hemmingway] was always ready to lend a helping hand to the one on the rung above him."
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"I'm not a reluctant pop star. I'm very grateful and happy for everything that I have and for things when they go well. On the other hand, I've had enough of the other side to know that if it doesn't, I will survive that and life goes on."
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"The burned hand teaches best."
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"Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame."
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"I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching."
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"sorrow...is a wound that bleeds when any hand but that of love touches it"
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