quotes about Destroying
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
-- Alan Paton -
One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living.
-- Ayn Rand -
The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
-- Barbara Deming -
Why do you insist upon destroying yourself?
-- Charles Bukowski -
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This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for.
-- Christopher Pike -
Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.
-- Chuck Palahniuk -
A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear.
-- Clifford GeertzSource : Clifford Geertz (2012). “Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics”, p.67, Princeton University Press
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We are in the process of destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as that. It is illegal and immoral.
-- Denis Halliday -
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Inflation has ... become the cruelest tax, destroying the value of the dollar and adding new costs to every purchase.
-- Ella T. Grasso -
I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people.
-- Emily Blunt -
Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.
-- Frida Kahlo -
Destroying America will be the culmination of my life's work.
-- George Soros -
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We've got to keep 6 billion people happy without destroying our planet. It's the biggest challenge we've ever faced....but we're taking it on.
-- Hank Green -
The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals.
-- Harry Golden -
Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.
-- Janis Joplin -
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I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.
-- John ConnollySource : John Connolly (2015). “The Killing Kind: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.28, Simon and Schuster
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Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.
-- John M. McHugh -
Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.
-- John Mason Brown -
It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things.
-- Maggie Stiefvater -
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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.
-- Margaret J. Wheatley -
To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr. -
The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life,
-- Mildred Fay Jefferson -
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We butchered the force present at the airport, we are destroying them.
-- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf -
No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.
-- Moses Sofer -
I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.
-- Natsuo Kirino -
We don't need the Nazis to destroy us. We're destroying ourselves
-- Otto FrankSource : "Fictional character: Otto Frank". "The Diary of Anne Frank". Biography, www.imdb.com. 1959.
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Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.
-- Paul BegalaSource : "New Day" with Chris Cuomo, edition.cnn.com. August 17, 2016.
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We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
-- R. D. Laing -
I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.
-- R. Scott Bakker -
You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
-- Ralph Steadman -
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Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.
-- Richard J. Foster -
Stop destroying the landscape with your outfit.
-- Rick OwensSource : "Is Rick Owens the new Karl Lagerfeld?" by Rachel Holmes, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2009.
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I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything
-- Robin QuiversSource : "I Didn’t Tell!" by Robin Quivers, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2011.
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I thought, we can’t keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.
-- Shinya Yamanaka -
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Don't visualize beating the keeper, visualize destroying the keeper.
-- Steven Gerrard -
Destroying things is much easier than making them.
-- Suzanne CollinsSource : Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.206, Scholastic Inc.
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The minute you start keeping score, you're destroying the relationship.
-- Tony Robbins -
It wasn't so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me
-- Tracey Emin -
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It's not an investment if its destroying the planet.
-- Vandana Shiva -
I'm the god of war, the resurrector of the horror-core. The carnivore, destroying you wasn't hard at all
-- Vinnie Paz -
An editor is someone dedicated to destroying the work of a creator.
-- Wally Wood -
Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children
-- William D. LeahySource : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have.
-- William Devane -
The movie industry is brutal. It is dangerous. It is, for most, soul destroying.
-- Ronnie Apteker -
I wish I could have built without destroying things.
-- Sergei Polunin -
I wish I could, instead of destroying things like that, I wish I could build, build, build.
-- Sergei Polunin -
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Art is the only power capable of destroying the internet.
-- Terence Koh -
There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs
-- Adam Phillips -
I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity.
-- Arie de GeusSource : "Arie de Geus: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with S+B, www.strategy-business.com. April 1, 2001.
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I'm finished with destroying for a while. It's not like I'm running around saying, 'What else can I destroy?'
-- Roland EmmerichSource : Source: www.bullz-eye.com
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I thought, we can’t keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.
-- Shinya YamanakaSource : "Risk Taking Is in His Genes" by Martin Fackler, www.nytimes.com. December 11, 2007.
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For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying.
-- Zulfikar Ali BhuttoSource : Source: dhakadigest.net