#degrade

Man need not be degraded to a machine by being denied to be a ghost in a machine. ↗

— Gilbert Ryle

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Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. ↗

— Annie Dillard

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Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment. ↗

— Peter Coyote

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I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded. ↗

— Megan Fox

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When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum. ↗

— Spike Lee

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