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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

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Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction? ↗

— Julio Cortazar

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You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed. ↗

— Joan Crawford

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A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. ↗

— Ariel Durant

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If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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