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Men have become the tools of their tools. - Henry David Thoreau, W

Men have become the tools of their tools. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Put your soul into your work, not your hand… – State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau

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The best carpenters make the fewest chips. – English proverb, c.1500s

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Lang or ye cut Balkland wood with a pen knife. – Scottish proverb, said when people work with improper tools, c.1500s

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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry…. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Both are full of tricks and techniques. Basically very little magic and a lot of hard work… – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, The Paris Review, 1981

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