#ruined

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization. ↗

— George Orwell

#about #actual #cities #civilization #continuity

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem. ↗

— Kelly Osbourne

#being #being judged #broke #called #comes

The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#happened #life #me #my life #ruined

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#admirable #amazing #because #been #go

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#most #praise #rather #ruined #saved

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. ↗

— Ted Rall

#blair #honorable #ruined #sources #tradition

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career. ↗

— Davy Jones

#career #changed #life #monkees #my life

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off." ↗

— Stephen King

#answered #destroyed #down #family #farm

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media. ↗

— William Safire

#choir #erudition #longer #media #off

But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#back #career #defy #driven #fired