#decrease

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut. ↗

— Larry Elder

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There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third. ↗

— Timothy Leary

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We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

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