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Hardware Store Quotes

Quotes that find bigger meaning in an ordinary hardware store.

One quote uses the hardware store as shorthand for everyday spending, arguing that cash in people's pockets ends up driving local job growth when spent at places like the corner market or hardware store. It's a small, concrete image standing in for a bigger economic argument.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Growth
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Nov 07, 2020

To jump-start our economy, we must leave cash in your hands - because if you've got money in your pocket, you'll spend it at the hardware store or the corner market, and that will drive job growth in our private sector.

Quotes by Tim Walz

Glass
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Nov 07, 2020

I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs.

Quotes by Robert B. Laughlin

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh, you're a musician. So what kind of music do you play?' And I go, 'Uh, I've been doin' this for many years - I don't know what to call it.'

Quotes by Les Claypool

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse.

Quotes by Kary Mullis

Brushes
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Nov 07, 2020

Brushes are crucial for applying glazes, sauces, and oils. The pastry brushes that you find in homestores can be pricey so pay a visit to your local hardware store and pick up a few paint brushes which are less expensive and work equally as well.

Quotes by Bobby Flay

Others recall a more curious, hands-on hardware store, from buying dynamite fuse as a kid in 1950s South Carolina to teaching yourself glass-blowing Chemistry with a propane torch. For more on that spirit, see Drive quotes.

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