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• The human race has not devised any way of dissolving barriers, getting to know the other chap fast, breaking the ice, that is one-tenth as handy and efficient as letting you and the other chap, or chaps, cease to be totally sober at about the same rate in agreeable surroundings.

  Kingsley Amis

  Ice, Race, Way

  Kingsley Amis (2010). “Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.

  Arthur Lismer

  Arrows, Experts, Use

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• Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.

  Moderata Fonte

  Men, House, Lamps

  Moderata (Modesta Pozzo) Fonte (2007). “The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men”, p.58, University of Chicago Press

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• So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf,
  Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves.

  Ogden Nash

  Thinking, Guests, Nails

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.

  Elon Musk

  Sky, Fusion, Energy

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• I read to learn, tech myself stuff and teach myself math and do complex formulas, and it's very, very tough, but I enjoy doing that and keeping my mind active. It definitely comes in handy, I feel I have a pretty good grasp, at more than a lot of musicians, of the business and finance world.

  Jeff Kendrick

  Math, Mind, Musician

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• Anger is a handy term and words are tricky, as we know. What one man perceives as anger, another person - in my case the deliverer of material - is, "Don't you see it, don't you see how badly you're doing?" It's like shaking a child - which you're not supposed to do.

  George Carlin

  Children, Men, Cases

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• My accountancy experience could come in handy if ever I find myself in the right position. For now, I'm very happy to write.

  Sefi Atta

  Writing, Very Happy, Position

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• It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator.

  Hugh Allen

  Would Be, Weight, Replacements

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• The idea that feminism is a 'battle of the sexes' about blaming all men and setting up a 'gender war' is a handy, controversial media hook. But it doesn't reflect reality.

  Laura Bates

  Sex, War, Reality

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• Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias....Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.

  William Strunk, Jr.

  Cute, Twenties, Dollars

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• Life gives us no such handy markers - a storm comes, and far from this being a harbinger of death and collapse, during its course a person discovers love and truth, beauty and happiness, the rain lashing at the windows all the while.

  Alain de Botton

  Rain, Giving, Storm

  Alain de Botton (2015). “On Love: A Novel”, p.119, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Your mind is like a sponge, in the sense that it would come in handy when cleaning off a countertop or something like that.

  Demetri Martin

  Mind, Cleaning, Sponges

  Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.134, Hachette UK

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• I think pornography is the only art form where you can be videotaped on a shaky handy cam sucking off a horse and be considered a star.

  David Cross

  Art, Horse, Stars

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• I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

  Bryan Cranston

  House, Enjoy

  "Q&A – Bryan Cranston (Walter White)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com.

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• When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.

  Ruskin Bond

  Block, Writing, Paper

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

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• Humour is God's special gift to humanity. Handy, because it turns out to be necessary.

  Tim Winton

  Humanity, Special, Humour

  Source: www.readings.com.au

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• After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.

  Robin Lim

  Running, Baby, Fall

  "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Where would we be without science? Sure, those boffins may have come up with occasionally handy items such as life-saving medicine, air travel and the internet, but science is also guilty of some terrible things, like eugenics and Jordan's breasts.

  Ian O'Doherty

  Science, Medicine, Eugenics

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• The good part of what comics trains you to do is it trains you - especially if you've worked in mainstream comics like Marvel and DC, or if you're just doing your own independent comics - to compartmentalize things and work on multiple things at the same time. And that's a skill that is incredibly handy in Hollywood, because within the first year that you get here, you realize there's a reason why every successful person in Hollywood has like seven or eight projects up in the air at any point.

  Ed Brubaker

  Independent, Successful, Realizing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.

  Rob Paulsen

  Class, Voice, Creative

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• Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.

  Daniel Handler

  Philosophy, Pet, May

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• Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.

  Louis L'Amour

  Violence, Firsts, Folks

  Louis L'Amour (2014). “The Sacketts Volume Two 12-Book Bundle”, p.157, Bantam

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• You sure you don't need your Prince Charming to come and save you?" The knot in my stomach evaporated. My Prince Charming huh. "Sure, do you have one handy?

  Ilona Andrews

  Needs, Charming, Stomach

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.31, Penguin

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• Kaia tossed Strider a shut-your-mouth frown before bouncing in her seat. "Do I get to help? Can I? You may not know this, but I'm very handy with a blade of any kind, a hacksaw, a whip, a-" "Hey! Someone went through my bag," William said. "So?" Kaia continued, as if William hadn't spoken. "Whatever the weapon, I'm good with it." He would not be impressed. "We won't be using weapons. We'll be smashing jugulars." "Oh, oh! We can play Who Can Smash More!" "No, we can't because you can't help," Stider said at the same time William blurted out, "I'd be disappointed if you didn't help.

  Gena Showalter

  Play, Bags, Hey

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