“ Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. ”
- Kofi Annan- Copy
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“ When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ Enjoy things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ The tendency of modern science is to reduce proof to absurdity by continually reducing absurdity to proof. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ It is the American vice, the democratic disease, which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd. ”
- Henry Miller- Copy
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“ I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk. ”
- Donna E. Shalala- Copy
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“ Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization somehow releases or frees you to operate more effectively. ”
- Larry King- Copy
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“ Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. ”
- Ruth Ann Minner- Copy
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“ Every landscape appears first of all as a vast chaos … . demonstrate that understanding consists in reducing one type of reality to another; that the true reality is never the most obvious; and that the nature of truth is already indicated by the care it takes to remain elusive… … ”
- Claude Levi Strauss- Copy
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“ Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents. ”
- Frederick Scott Oliver- Copy
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“ You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual! ”
- George Herman- Copy
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“ I accept that simply talking about the problem of child abuse will not make a substantial difference, but I hope that the combined effort of so many New Zealanders such as yourselves, with some assistance from me and other influential people, might make noticeable inroads into reducing the risks that so many of our children face. ”
- Silvia Cartwright- Copy
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