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• Kaia tossed Strider a shut-your-mouth frown before bouncing in her seat. "Do I get to help? Can I? You may not know this, but I'm very handy with a blade of any kind, a hacksaw, a whip, a-" "Hey! Someone went through my bag," William said. "So?" Kaia continued, as if William hadn't spoken. "Whatever the weapon, I'm good with it." He would not be impressed. "We won't be using weapons. We'll be smashing jugulars." "Oh, oh! We can play Who Can Smash More!" "No, we can't because you can't help," Stider said at the same time William blurted out, "I'd be disappointed if you didn't help.

  Gena Showalter

  Play, Bags, Hey

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• I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

  Alvin Lee

  Guitar, Boring, Chords

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• My final word: don't follow your dreams . . . chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream!

  Maureen Johnson

  Dream, Finals, Sticks

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• ..."And then we played Ping-Pong—” “Not pool? I always assumed he was a billiards man—I mean, it’s so handy the way he keeps a stick up his—

  Claire LaZebnik

  Mean, Men, Ping Pong

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• Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.

  Mark Twain

  Bible, Girl, Children

  Mark Twain (1995). “The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood”, p.256, University of Georgia Press

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• I slice up a ton of cucumbers, celery, carrots and red and yellow peppers. Keep them in your fridge so you always have something handy to curb your snack attack.

  Summer Sanders

  Snacks, Yellow, Cucumbers

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• When you aren't drinking or using drugs or spending lots of money on fancy toys or basking in the glow of fame or working all the time or eating your way through the refrigerator, being hateful and angry is a very handy shield from the truth. It lets you focus on everyone else's shortcomings, and all the ways they have let you down. You can bemoan how all these broken people keep finding you somehow. That way you don't have to focus on what really matters -- the tough work of fiing what is broken inside you.

  Glenn Beck

  Drinking, Broken Inside, People

  Glenn Beck, Keith Ablow (2012). “The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

  John Green

  Eye, Hands, Games

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.98, Penguin

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• The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.

  Sydney Smith

  Funny, Knives, Two

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• I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose of establishing order—value C—and maintaining a steady supply of maidens—value D. If one inserts the derivative of value A (Prince) into the equation y equals BC plus CD squared, and sets it equal to zero, giving the apex of the parabola, namely, the point of intersection between A (Prince) and B (Monster), one determines value E—a stable kingdom. It is all very complicated, and if you have a chart handy I can graph it for you.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Zero, Order, Cds

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• At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or water if he was thirsty; not by calculation, but in a constant awareness by which no smallest trifle was missed. Now, when he came down the stairs with a shut mouth and blue lines under his eyes, Hephaistion received some mute signal he understood, and fell into step beside him.

  Mary Renault

  Eye, Blue, Games

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• I would never put a video in front of my kid. While I don't use videos as a babysitter, they have come in handy on the airplane.

  Sheryl Crow

  Airplane, Kids, Video

  "Sheryl Crow on Motherhood". Interview with Cortney Pellettieri, www.goodhousekeeping.com. May 9, 2011.

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• You sure you don't need your Prince Charming to come and save you?" The knot in my stomach evaporated. My Prince Charming huh. "Sure, do you have one handy?

  Ilona Andrews

  Needs, Charming, Stomach

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.31, Penguin

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• Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.

  Louis L'Amour

  Violence, Firsts, Folks

  Louis L'Amour (2014). “The Sacketts Volume Two 12-Book Bundle”, p.157, Bantam

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• Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday.

  Martina McBride

  Thinking, Skills, May

  Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

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• Gossip is certainly one of the things that language is useful for, because it's always handy to know who needs a favor, who can offer a favor, who's available, who's under the protection of a jealous spouse. And being the first to get a piece of gossip is like engaging in insider trading: You can capitalize on an opportunity before anyone else can.

  Steven Pinker

  Jealous, Opportunity, Gossip

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• It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.

  Sherry Turkle

  Football, Children, Phones

  "Is Your Computer Also Your Best Friend?". The Chestertown Spy Interview, chestertownspy.org. January 29, 2011.

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• Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.

  J. K. Rowling

  Perfect, Maps, Knees

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• Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.

  Daniel Handler

  Philosophy, Pet, May

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• They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be very, very handy to catch them, each time, without hurting them.

  Gaston Leroux

  Hurt, Children, Heart

  Gaston Leroux (2015). “The Phantom of the Opera: Horror and Romance”, p.87, 谷月社

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• However, I have never clogged myself with the praises of pastoral life, nor with nostalgia for an innocent past of perverted acts in pastures. No. One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes—I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It is more important to affirm the least sincere; the clouds get enough attention as it is and even they continue to pass. Do they know what they’re missing? Uh huh.

  Frank O'Hara

  New York, Regret, Past

  Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.197, Univ of California Press

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• Every time I wake up I have this huge dreadlock in the back, and I don't know why. It's not like I sleep like a maniac or anything. It gets knots out really easy, and it's handy.

  Lara Stone

  Sleep, Wake Up, Easy

  Source: www.elle.com

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• It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women tend to be very strong and very independent, and I think that came in very handy.

  Anita Briem

  Strong, Character, Independent

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• I think that more so, my wonderful skill of dissociation came in very handy. I care very much what other people think. I'm a total pleaser. I want everyone to like me all the time. I feel like people who don't feel that way on some level are lying, but particularly female memoirists. We want to be seen and we want to be forgiven. So that occurred to me very early on.

  Melissa Febos

  Lying, Thinking, Skills

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am absolutely desperate to do an action movie. And not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but I actually think I'm good at it. I did it all. I was really into the routines and the choreography. I used to dance when I was younger, and so I think that came in handy.

  Lily James

  Thinking, Blow, Action

  Source: collider.com

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