#diminish

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

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The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population. ↗

— Henry Charles Carey

#consumers #diminish #due #food #increase

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. ↗

— John Donne

#any #because #bell #death #diminishes

I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#actually #am #another #before #better

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#diminished #fact #racism

This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them. ↗

— Gideon Welles

#brave #brave men #cold #crowd #day

The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. ↗

— Robert McKee

#sex #life

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit. ↗

— Gerard Arpey

#diminished #flying #i #popularity #think

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#diminishing #discovered #get #going #great

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