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Water is one of the basic needs of survival of mankind and water can destroy it, too. That is the power of NATURE. But there… — Vikas Khanna
A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is… — Paul Scofield
The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never destroy you, but… — Ben Okri
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs. — Patrick Henry
How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it… — Orson Scott Card
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system. — Arthur C. Clarke
I don't believe in government. I hate politics. I'm against it. And I hope that sometime this fall, we can destroy part of our government,… — Ray Bradbury
You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves — Otto von Bismarck
It has had a calamitous effect on converted peoples. To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp… — V.S. Naipaul
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense… — Jacques Barzun
Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it. — Hannah Arendt
The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office, I must… — John F. Kennedy
Us on hard drugs? That would be horrible. We'd probably end up sounding like Bryan Adams.My girlfriend has this quote in her sketchbook: Remain orderly… — Thom Yorke
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish… — Mark Rothko
Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it, Picasso did it with Cubism. Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea… — Willem de Kooning
Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend. It would look ridiculous to do what we're doing now when I'm 40. That's why I… — Kurt Cobain
I love chess, and I didnt invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old… — Bobby Fischer
The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more… — Alfred Bester
Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marvelled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let us safeguard and enhance this… — Yuri Gagarin
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game. — Vladimir Kramnik

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