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Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the… — Julia Child
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does. — Abbas Kiarostami
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer… — Francis Chan
It is true that not even Christ is seen, but he exists; he is risen, he is alive, he is close to us, more truly… — Raniero Cantalamessa
Howard was almost as fond of this hall as he was of his own shop. The Brownies used it on Tuesdays, and the Women's Institute… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The nightingales are singing near The Convent of the Sacred Heart, And sang within the bloody wood When Agamemnon cried aloud, And let their liquid… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot — Dixie Lee Ray
No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood and stone that… — Vera Nazarian
The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air. — Kenneth R. Miller
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. — Gautama Buddha
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. — Gautama Buddha
As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. — Gautama Buddha
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves. — Gautama Buddha
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Gautama Buddha
Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind… — Huangbo Xiyun
For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it… — Gautama Buddha
John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the connections human beings… — Peter Orner
If you are going to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood. — Daniel Berrigan
All through the hood, I'm grippin' wood and blowin' pine — Paul Wall
We're hopeful it won't climb much more than that (10 percent). The reality is we're all looking at the price per gallon of gasoline and… — Unknown Author
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent still linger in… — Libba Bray
I like to live. I like to dance. I like to eat. I like to work and I like my family. I like to enjoy.… — Ivana Trump
I can't have discussions about it anymore, I just can't. When someone asks me if I've found Jesus, I say, 'Yeah, I saw him at… — Tori Amos
We take pleasure in truth and it amazes the eye of the viewer to see in stone, in canvas, or in wood an inanimate thing… — Unknown Author
I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow… — Les Paul

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