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The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any other side to… — Mahmoud Abbas
The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the… — Eli Roth
I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything. — Taki Theodoracopulos
My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a… — Noel Coward
People don't simply wake up one day and commit genocide. They start by setting themselves apart from others, diminishing the stature of those adhering to… — Michael Newdow
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the… — Elizabeth Hardwick
The diminution of the reality of class, however socially desirable in many respects, seems to have the practical effect of diminishing our ability to see… — Lionel Trilling
By diminishing the value of silence, publicity has also diminished that of language. The two are inseparable: knowing how to speak has always meant knowing… — Octavio Paz
Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain's milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing. — David Limbaugh
There are a few people, but a diminishing number, who still believe that Marxism, as an economic system, off era a coherent alternative to capitalism,… — Herbert Read
We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet, sharing the diminishing… — Frederick Lenz
One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends. — Moss Hart
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you… — Richard Cobden
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable. — Dennis Weaver
Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance. — Aubrey de Grey
The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough. — Thomas Sowell
Correct is to recognize what diseases are and whence they come; which are long and which are short; which are mortal and which are not;… — Hippocrates
In diminishing the role of the worker's body in the labor process, industrial technology has also tended to diminish the importance of the worker. In… — Shoshana Zuboff
Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality. — Thomas Sowell
Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral. — Thomas Sowell
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital to find its… — Thomas B. Macaulay
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. — Isaac D'Israeli
Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the… — Lauryn Hill
I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise. — George McGovern

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