"A man and his tools make a man and his trade."

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Source : "A Saxon Song". "The Independent", Vol. 110, 1923.

Vita Sackville-West

#Men Quotes #Tools Quotes #Trade Quotes

“Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.”
“Life's so ordinary that literature has to deal with the exceptional. Exceptional talent, power, social position, wealth.... Dramabegins where there's freedom of choice. And freedom of choice begins when social or psychological conditions are exceptional. That's why the inhabitants of imaginative literature have always been recruited from the pages of Who's Who.”
“It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.”
“I'm not a dermatologist, but I had someone explain it to me, and I've seen the effect on my own skin over the years. So I feel like we need to protect our faces, especially those of us who live in Southern California, from this ***** sun that's on us all day.”

Source : "Grace And Frankie's June Diane Raphael on the joy of calling Donald Trump a 'little bitch'". Interview with Alex McLevy, tv.avclub.com. March 22, 2017.
“Iâ€™m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I donâ€™t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder.”
“Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.”
“Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.”

Source : Nick Offerman (2013). “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living”, p.58, Penguin
“It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.”

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