Tools Quotes - Page 33

• Big Linux deployments have reached the point where it's become a real problem for administrators that they don't have nice tools to manage their servers and desktops.

  Nat Friedman

  Nice, Real, Deployment

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• I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

  Josh Gad

  Mother, Powerful, Sadness

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• A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

  Peter Guber

  Party, Cutting, Gun

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• In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

  Peter Guber

  Winning, People, Secret

  "Storytelling to help your career" by Rachel Farrell, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2011.

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• I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Acting, Want, Monkeys

  "Zack Galifianakis On Set Interview - THE HANGOVER". Interview with Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub, collider.com. April 27, 2009.

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• I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Powerful, Thinking, Laughing

  "Zach Galifianakis Talks Working with Will Ferrell, His “Non-Sexual” Character, and Disliking Children on the Set of THE CAMPAIGN". Interview with Scott Wampler, collider.com. July 25, 2012.

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• I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.

  Barry Hannah

  Country, Writing, Motorcycle

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• I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.

  Eric Holder

  Thinking, People, Common Sense

  "CBS Evening News" with Katie Couric, www.fantasy.theshowbuzz.com. April 8, 2009.

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• Guantanamo is a chief recruiting tool for al-Qaida. It has put a wedge between the United States and at least some of its allies.

  Eric Holder

  Allies, United States, Als

  "Holder: Guantanamo Detainee Decision Soon". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. October 15, 2009.

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• I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.

  Eric Holder

  Thinking, Law, Enforcement

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. May 9, 2010.

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• Characters that are not the norm or a bit out of the ordinary are always a challenge as an actress. You learn more by using different tools for those type of characters. They are always much more fun to play and much more interesting. They take you places that you wouldn't necessarily go in your everyday life.

  Sally Hawkins

  Fun, Character, Play

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• To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

  Scott Ian

  Fun, Guitar, Play

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• You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.

  Ken Jeong

  Believe, Useless, World

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• My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.

  Yusef Komunyakaa

  Father, Hammers, Saws

  Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• The fork is the most powerful tool ever placed in our hands.

  John Robbins

  Powerful, Philosophy, Hands

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• Realization of this need means adults must awaken to the urgency of the young people's unrest-in other words there must be created an adult unrest against the inequities and injustices in the present system. If the government is in jeopardy, it is not because we are unable to cope with revolutionary situations. Jeopardy means that either the leaders or the people do not realize they have all the tools required to make the revolution come true. The tools and the opportunity exist. Only the moral imagination is missing.

  William O. Douglas

  Mean, Opportunity, Government

  WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1970). “POINTS OF REBELLION”

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• I went and got a tire tool out of my truck, and straightened him out as cold as a block of ice. It was an attitude adjustment, and it'll work every time.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Revenge, Attitude, Block

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

  Gary Kemp

  Ideas, Acting, Helping

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Media, Able, Fans

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• I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

  Robert Kagan

  Military, Believe, Thinking

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• I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

  Robert Moog

  Musician, Use, Synthesizers

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• The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.

  Walter Murch

  Determination, Hands, Quills

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• We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Philosophy, Moving, East

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• I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Important, Acting, Different

  "Sean Durkin and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2011.

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• Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Actors, Pieces, Lasts

  Interview with Sarah Paulson, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2012.

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