#destroy

I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it. ↗

— Frank Auerbach

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Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. ↗

— Pericles

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A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression. ↗

— Joel Barlow

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My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it. ↗

— Al Capp

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A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence. ↗

— John Bruton

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It destroys you when people say complete mistruths about your family. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

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And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed. ↗

— Allen Klein

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Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom. ↗

— Sonya Levien

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Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

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I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. ↗

— Richard McKenna

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