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It was surprising to me to hear a member question whether another member of the House was an adult. We're all adults in the House of Commons, and I think it diminishes us all to suggest otherwise.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: Adult Another Commons Diminishes Hear House House Of Commons Me Member Otherwise Question Suggest Surprising Think Us Whether I Think

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To me, when people say, 'Oh, you're a freak athlete,' it's bittersweet. It's a huge compliment to say, 'O.K., you have physical abilities that are kind of above and beyond.' But at the same time, I feel like it diminishes the mental side of the game.

~Colin Kaepernick

Topics: Ability Above Athlete Beyond Bittersweet Compliment Diminishes Feel Freak Game Huge Kind Like Me Mental Oh People People Say Physical Same Same Time Say Side Time You I Feel I Feel Like

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Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

~David Petraeus

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If you feel that it diminishes your intelligence to be asked about your fashion choices for an evening on the red carpet, so be it.

~Elaine Welteroth

Topics: About Asked Carpet Choices Diminishes Evening Fashion Feel Intelligence Red Red Carpet You Your

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When we grow older and begin to realize that our omnipotence is really not so omnipotent, that our strongest wishes are not powerful enough to make the impossible possible, the fear that we have contributed to the death of a loved one diminishes - and with it, the guilt.

~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Topics: Begin Death Diminishes Enough Fear Grow Guilt Impossible Loved Loved One Make Older Omnipotence Omnipotent Our Possible Powerful Realize Really Strongest Wishes

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Manspread, mansplaining, manterrupting - all of it, whether conscious or not, diminishes women's voices, minds, and bodies.

~Faith Salie

Topics: Bodies Conscious Diminishes Minds Voices Whether Women

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

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Absence Candles Diminishes Fans Fires Great Great Ones Increases Mediocre Passions Wind

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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

~Francois Rabelais

Topics: All Things Because Continually Deeds Diminishes Down Good Good Deeds Grows Increases Man Memory Noble Offered Reasonable Things Thought Through Time Turn Wears Which

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We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals diminishes the risk of government preferring domestic suppliers.

~Frans Van Houten

Topics: About China Continue Diminishes Domestic Government Growth Hospitals Opportunities Optimistic Our Private Risk Sell Suppliers Very Well While

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It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

~Friedrich Schiller

Topics: Blame Criminal Crown Daring Diminishes Fortune Greatness Guilt Increases Mark Purse Steal

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