Demolish Quotes
37 quotes by 34 authors
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Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.
— A. S. Byatt
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People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a few well-chosen questions.…
— Brian Stableford
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Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.
— Carlos Castaneda
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Nothing will change until we demolish the "we-they" mentality. We are human, and therefore all human concerns are ours. And those concerns are personal.
— Sam Hamill
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We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I…
— George McGovern
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He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From…
— Richard Bach
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We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that…
— Alfred Jarry
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We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner selves; the Dream…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.
— Alexander McQueen
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Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting…
— Howard Whitley Eves
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The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the…
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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Stories cannot demolish frontiers, but they can punch holes in our mental walls, and through those holes we can get a glimpse of the other…
— Elif Safak
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An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a new world. The…
— Henri Langlois
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There must be much more going on behind the scenes. The pivotal question is this: What is behind the deep-seated hatred that these atheists nurse…
— Gerard Verschuuren
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What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.
— India.Arie
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An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms, and rebuild a new world.
— Henri Langlois
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Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.
— Taylor Swift
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You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them.
— Steve Backley
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Only unconditional grace can transform a hardened heart into a grateful heart. Only a free gift can demolish any notion of quid pro quo. Only…
— Mark Galli
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