#destroy

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that. ↗

— Randy Newman

#bringing #classic #destroying #down #down to earth

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#destroy #knave #make #makes #patriot

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#attack #come #defend #destroy #family

Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. ↗

— Barney Ross

#am #attacked #awfully #because #carriers

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#bitter end #destroyed #economy #end #fun

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. ↗

— Anwar Sadat

#destroying #effective #fear #i #i believe

I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing quite well when the factory burned down, destroying all our machines - 150 of them. This was very hard on the girls who had paid for their machines. ↗

— Rose Schneiderman

#burned #business #consequently #destroying #doing

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#cannot #created #destroyed #doctor #passion

Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now. Except. One month ago, I met the exception to this rule. There has been one person who’s ever looked me directly in the eye. The same person who’s spoken to me with no filter; someone who’s been unafraid to show anger and real, raw feeling in my presence; the only one who’s ever dared to challenge me, to raise her voice to me— ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#shatter-me #tahereh-mafi #warner #anger

My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions. I lock away the things that do not serve me. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#destroy-me #simile #warner #beauty