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There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Background Certainly Diminish Early Early Work Later Present Religious Some Strong Tends Very Work

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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

~Charles Babbage

Topics: Accumulate Advantages Alone Been Beneficial Concentrated Country Difficulty Diminish Directed Distant Goods Kingdoms Producing Science Skill Which

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Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.

~Charlton Heston

Topics: American American Experience Art Art Form Diminish Example Experience Films Form Made More More And More See Sometimes Too Trash

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Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.

~Chip Conley

Topics: Able Create Diminish Fear Innovate Motivate Organizations Those

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Opponents criticize Trump for not acting presidential enough; all the while, Obama created and perpetuates the presidential code to demean, disdain and diminish others in light of esteeming himself.

~Chuck Norris

Topics: Acting Code Created Criticize Diminish Disdain Enough Himself Light Obama Opponents Others Presidential Trump While

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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Diminish Disappear Eventually Exterior God Judges Need Our Up Us Will

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I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

~Dan Quisenberry

Topics: Being Bench Diminish Employment Ever Games Good Good Job Half Job League Maybe Mean Means Most Only Part-Time Pitcher Play Player Players Pressure Real Relief Should Think Valuable

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I had the erroneous conviction that all of history tended toward my birth and would diminish into chaos or inconsequence after I was gone. When you realize that's not so, the proper humility is to defer.

~David Milch

Topics: After Birth Chaos Conviction Defer Diminish Gone Had History Humility Proper Realize Toward Would You

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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

Topics: Diminish Equal Felt Idea Many Only Original Reason Sequel Sequels Struck Too Were Would Write

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I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.

~Dean Koontz

Topics: About Desire Diminish Discuss Fear Never Novel Talking While Will Write Writing

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