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“politics and religion in the United States work like the twin grips of a pair of pliers on a critical mass of the masses.”

States Politics United United States Mass Critical Pairs Twins Religion And Politics Critical Mass Pliers

Book:Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm

Source: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm

“Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects.”

Thinking Language Saws Objects Tools Function Boxes Pot Diverse Nails Screws Hammers Glue Screwdrivers Pliers Tool Boxes

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“There's always 30 or 40 Christians standing around, saying, "It's a shame that he has to die." And Jesus is saying, "Well, maybe I wouldn't have to if somebody would get a ladder and pair of pliers!!"”

Ifs Wells Christian Dies Jesus Standing Shame Pairs Ladders Pliers

Author:Sam Kinison

“Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.”

Source: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace

“In the first century CE, Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After a while, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting.”

Firsts Two Hurt Century Authority Teeth Destroyed Thirty Crush Dull Monotony Repetitive Pliers

Book:An Abundance of Katherines

Source: An Abundance of Katherines

“Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a proper job.”

Ifs Giving Stills Moments Helping Hands Together Jobs Force Hurt Cutting Bones Crush Pairs That Moment It Hurts Pliers

Book:Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone

Source: Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone

“Bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in.”

Care Song Higher Shapes Come Up Holes Bent Pliers

Author:Bob Dylan

“My daughter told me she wasn't afraid of spider but that she was afraid of my smoking. She said that she was afraid of my dying. So I went downstairs, picked up a pair of pliers and a blowtorch and showed her what real fear was.”

Said Real Dying Daughter Smoking Pairs My Daughter Spiders Pliers

Author:Robert Clarke

“If you caught your kid raising cats in tiny boxes, forcing them to live in their own feces without clean air or sunlight, pulling their teeth and claws out with pliers to keep them from hurting each other…you’d rush him to a psychiatrist. But you support that very behavior every time you buy meat, eggs, dairy or fur.”

Ifs Kids Hurt Support Air Behavior Cat Clean Caught Boxes Tiny Teeth Meat Eggs Sunlight Pulling Psychiatrist Fur Claws Dairy Clean Air Hurting Each Other Pliers

Author:Dan Piraro