#tool

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. ↗

— George Lucas

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No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them. ↗

— Charles Lyell

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I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

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You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know. ↗

— Barry Mann

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