#decline

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. ↗

— James Thurber

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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. ↗

— Adam Ant

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Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

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I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. ↗

— John Thorn

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Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever. ↗

— John Keats

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This has a lot to do with the unrest in Nigeria, but also with the production loss after the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the decline in Iraq since the 2003 war, and the decline in Venezuelan output since 2002. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

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Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife. ↗

— Mark Zandi

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