Frida Kahlo
Painter
"Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny."
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Destroying
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Vinnie Paz
Rapper
"I'm the god of war, the resurrector of the horror-core. The carnivore, destroying you wasn't hard at all"
Arthur Miller
Playwright, Essayist
"...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself."
Tony Robbins
Author, Life Coach
"The minute you start keeping score, you're destroying the relationship."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition."
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"The US is the wrecking machine that is destroying everything. The world is hoping that China will somehow come to the rescue."
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"Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness"
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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."
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"Why do you insist upon destroying yourself?"
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"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."
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"If you can get good at destroying your own wrong ideas, that is a great gift."
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"Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself."
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"By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many."
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"For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying"
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"Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying."
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"I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well."
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"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."
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"If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability."
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"We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create."
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"Let me out," Harry said again. "No," Dumbledore repeated. "If you don't - if you keep me in here - if you don't let me-" "By all means continue destroying my possessions," said Dumbledore. "I daresay I have too many."
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"California is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world."
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