#dim

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#as far as #being #concerned #deaf #far

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#diminished #easily #edges #empire #great

Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#design #dimension #important #only

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#i #i think #landed #really #think

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future. ↗

— Marya Mannes

#diminishing #earth #end #exploiting #future

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. ↗

— William James

#cannot #dim #doing #know #mind

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. ↗

— John Irving

#any #being #being alone #better #capacity

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ↗

— Joichi Ito

#cash #check #companies #consolidation #continuing

I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#away #back #diminishes #down #fear

There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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