#compound

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. ↗

— Buddha

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Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. ↗

— Robert Peel

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I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me. ↗

— Brad Pitt

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Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men. ↗

— Steve Israel

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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. ↗

— John Simon

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