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• I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.

  Jen Lancaster

  Thinking, Self, Keys

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• Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in fruitful debate. The lively narratives, based on the author's experiences of working with various groups interested in using philosophical tools to clarify their thought and action, will engage a wide range of readers.

  Gary Gutting

  Plato, Teaching, Philosophical

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• I am a believer, I am believer that we shape and create the life that we choose, and I believe that the tool that we have to do that, is our mind.

  Kai Greene

  Believe, Mind, Shapes

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• When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.

  Matthew Perry

  Emotional, People, Cracks

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• Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

  Paulo Coelho

  Disappointment, Despair, Use

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 03, 2014

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• Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

  Larry Niven

  Goal, Used, Chosen

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• Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.

  Jim Butcher

  Ignorance, Weapons, Reason

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.865, Penguin

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• If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.

  Al Gore

  Price Tag, Looks, Use

  Al Gore (2009). “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis”, Rodale Books

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• Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?

  Richard G. Scott

  Powerful, People, Priorities

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• The Lord has made available in our day remarkable resources that enable you to learn about and love this work that is sparked by the Spirit of ElijahIt is no coincidence that FamilySearch and other tools have come forth at a time when young people are so familiar with a wide range of information and communication technologies. Your fingers have been trained to text and tweet to accelerate and advance the work of the Lord-not just to communicate quickly with your friends. The skills and aptitude evident among many young people today are a preparation to contribute to the work of salvation.

  David A. Bednar

  Communication, Technology, Skills

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• Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

  Samuel Eliot Morison

  Historical, Important, Revision

  Samuel Eliot Morison (1953). “By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses”, New York : Knopf

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• The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving money and using people to get more money. Money is simply a tool to be used for good.

  Rick Warren

  Using People, Use, More Money

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• Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little.

  Charlie Munger

  Powerful, Thinking, People

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• Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not.

  John Galt

  Men, Mind, Survival

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• We have to come together, worldwide, and "think". We have a tool - the internet - to let us do that. Let's use it wisely.

  Jimmy Wales

  Thinking, Together, Use

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2009.

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• Wikis and social networking are just tools.

  Jimmy Wales

  Networking, Wikis, Social Network

  "Interview with Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia Founder". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. June 29, 2007.

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• Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action...To remain alive, he must think.

  John Galt

  Men, Thinking, Survival

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• In our quest to quickly make three-dimensional objects, we can miss out on the experience of making something that helps give us our first understandings of form and material, of the way a material behaves--'I press too hard here, and it breaks here' and so on. Some of the digital rendering tools are impressive, but it's important that people still really try and figure out a way of gaining direct experience with the materials.

  Jonathan Ive

  People, Giving, Missing

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• I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened.

  Jon Lech Johansen

  Engineering, Years, Apples

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• Even if I had $200 million, I’m very wary of overusing CGI. I think it’s a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.

  Rian Johnson

  Thinking, Doe, Stuff

  "Rian Johnson, ‘Looper’ Director, On ‘Breaking Bad’ And The Problem With ‘Star Wars’". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2012.

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• I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.

  Natalia Vodianova

  Growing Up, Russia, People

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• If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Technology, America

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• With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas together and decided that rather than describing the body, I would use the body, my body, as a tool for making art.

  Janine Antoni

  Art, Thinking, Ideas

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• My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.

  Steve McFadden

  Skills, Theatre, Use

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• The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.

  Preet Bharara

  Powerful, Drug Cartels, White

  "Preet Bharara: The enforcer of Wall Street" by William D. Cohan, fortune.com. August 2, 2011.

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