Damage quotes
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"Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret not having left it intact."
"The younger a cell, the faster it grows, the more vulnerable it is to damage."
"The spine as a whole operates as a functional unit. Each vertabra can affect its neighbor and one portion of the spine may affect or damage other areas of the body."
"Losing touch with spirit does nothing to the field of creativity, which is beyond harm; but it can do much to damage a person's chance in life."
"I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!"
"Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality."
"Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage."
"A push-and-go wooden duck on wheels can cause quite a lot of damage if wielded with enough force."
"Celebrity damages private life."
"I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life."
"One accident or terrorist strike involving high-level waste would endanger lives and cause a catastrophe that would leave millions of dollars in damages and take years to clean up"
"I really don't do anything to break myself. As far as the damages to my body, I'm not a drinker. I let the gin and juice alone."
"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike ...We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward."
"I've seen the needle and the damage done."
"Love beyond the damage."
"One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself."
"If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be."
