#diminish

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#equal #felt #i #idea #many

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable. ↗

— Dennis Weaver

#extremely #fought #over #perceive #resources

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years. ↗

— Wallace Shawn

#been #birth #definitely #did #diminished

Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#commerce #commercial #conferred #conflicting #different

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#believe #celebrities #celebrity #comfortably #committing

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#britain #catastrophically #diminished #france #germany

My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change. ↗

— William Banting

#change #clothing #conceivable #convincing #diminished

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#destruction #diminish #force #iraq #mass

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#brave #courage #cowardice #dangers #desperate

We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#being #computers #day #diminished #face