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Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Address Alone Arise Arms Chronic Concerns Control Crime Degradation Demographic Developments Diseases Economic Environmental Governance Grave Inequality Organized Other Pandemic Poverty Repressive Result Security State Trends

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Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: Agree Am Because Before Calls Degradation Embarrassed Emotional Empowering Fat Get Instead Insult Me Most Now Ok Progress Replaced Someone Step Stopped Truth Truth Is Using Whereas Word Would I Am

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I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face.

~Dave Rowntree

Topics: Boundaries Characters Degradation Face Much Push Rather Think Would I Think

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People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy.

~David Chase

Topics: Afghanistan Cruelty Degradation Horrible Human Money Need People Seen Therapy Time Who

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With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to show in the case of Dustin Hoffman's character, Bernstein.

~David Milch

Topics: About Case Character Degradation Had He Idea Joseph Novel Said Show Wanted Write

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Reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions spares our planet from the well-documented degradation that we are witnessing on a global basis.

~Dick Durbin

Topics: Basis Degradation Emissions Gas Global Greenhouse Our Our Planet Planet Reducing Removing Spares Witnessing

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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.

~Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Topics: Books Degradation Found Fully Grand History Jews Know Morals Nor Nothing Other Teach The History Of Woman

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The more I think on the present condition of woman, the more am I oppressed with the reality of their degradation.

~Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Topics: Am Condition Degradation More Oppressed Present Reality Think Woman I Think

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The road back from degradation begins with self-awareness - and sometimes, as in 'Phone Booth,' change can begin with a single phone call.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Back Begin Begins Booth Call Change Degradation Phone Phone Call Road Self-Awareness Single Sometimes

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But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea.

~Ernestine Rose

Topics: Before Clothes Contained Degradation Every Feeds Fully Had He Her Husband Idea In Other Words Make Me Other Power Provides Realize Said Shelters Wife Will Wish Words I Wish

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