"Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings."
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"Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools."
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"You have to teach yourself to act but Michael Chekhov will give you the necessary tools - and for me, Psychological Gesture and Centers are extremely valuable They work like a charm. I've used them all along and still do."
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"You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work."
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"It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big."
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"Good debt is a powerful tool, but bad debt can kill you."
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"Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action"
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"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."
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"You can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say “dig” with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)"
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"People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless."
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"Tapping is a powerful tool that can truly heal, allowing forgiveness, love, and acceptance into your life, particularly when used along with affirmations."
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"Production is not the application of tools to materials, but logic to work."
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"The psychedelics are this immense tool for the inspection of our own nature."
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"We make tools for people. Tools to create, tools to communicate. The age we're living in, these tools surprise you. ... That's why I love what we do. Because we make these tools, and we're constantly surprised with what people do with them."
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"Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off."
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"This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery."
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"Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience."
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"A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator."
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"Today the function of psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis threatens to become the tool in the manipulation of man."
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"Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides."
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