"Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer."
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"What I want back is what I was Before the bed, before the knife, Before the brooch-pin and the salve Fixed me in this parenthesis; Horses fluent in the wind, A place, a time gone out of mind."
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"He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings, but short words were slippery, unpredictable changing their meanings without any pattern. Or so he seemed to grok. Short human words were never like a short Martian word - such as grok which forever meant exactly the same thing. Short human words were like trying to lift water with a knife. And this had been a very short word."
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"As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two."
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"You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing"
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"Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life."
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"If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife."
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"Making war or rebellion is messy, like eating soup off a knife."
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"The plastic knife is perfect for when a person just wants to make some marks on his food and get insanely frustrated at the same time."
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"The TSA is under fire for major security lapses. The TSA has let through pipe bombs, knives, and the last three Nicolas Cage movies."
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"The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher's knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs.... Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too."
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"Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring, a south wind, not an east wind."
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"I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical."
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"Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force."
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"Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!"
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"I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind/ A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns"
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"A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least."
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"I'm a ninja! I like swords and knives and stuff like that."
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"Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?"
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"I don't want my girl to be so skinny she can knife me with her knee."
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