#diminish

Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

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Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain's milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#any #campaign #concerns #diminishing #mccain

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#absence #candles #diminishes #extinguishes #fans

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

When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arab #diminish #distort #else #hands

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively. ↗

— David Petraeus

#collectively #death #diminishes #every #us

To describe happiness is to diminish it. ↗

— Stendhal

#describe #diminish

When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#beings #conserve #cooperate #diminishing #fight

We must never forget or diminish the sacrifices of those who gave everything for this nation. ↗

— Jim Walsh

#everything #forget #gave #must #nation