#declines

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. ↗

— George Saunders

#answers #bad #bet #cruel #declines

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families

The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#businesses #crisis #declines #destroyed #economic

With rising incomes, the share of expenditures for food products declines. The resulting shift in expenditures affects demand patterns and employment structures. ↗

— Ernst Engel

#declines #demand #employment #expenditures #food

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#adverse #because #borrowing #competitive #countries

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well. ↗

— Murray Walker

#circuit #declines #down #inclines #interesting

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. ↗

— Brian Eno

#agressive #declines #impact #inevitable #music

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#declines #goes #increases #reputation #time

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#alone #begins #declines #embarrassment #our

For all of us who have been involved in the recovery efforts to bring back and strengthen wild salmon runs, we fear that this change in policy could lead to further declines in these wild stocks. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#been #bring #change #could #declines