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- Nov 07, 2020
Hands Quotes
On whose hands hold wealth, power, and craft.
Hands shows up here mostly as a metaphor for control - who holds wealth, who creates it, and who is trusted with responsibility - rather than anything literal. For a related theme of doing rather than holding, see Action.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.
- Nov 07, 2020
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never over until we're shaking hands at the net. Then you've either won or you've lost, and - either way - you look them in the eye and say, 'Well played, mate.'
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art.
- Sword
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to go to war with a sword and a shield. You cannot go to war with bare hands.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, we think it's important to make sure that firearms do not get in the hands of people who are criminals, convicted felons or adjudicated as mentally ill.
- Metal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.
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- Nov 07, 2020