I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important.
Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug.
I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
There are a lot of robots who can open clicks. And they can click instead of human beings and this is damaging the confidence and the trust that the client has on programmatic.
Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging.
I'm all for teaching about important concepts like consent; I'm also very aware of how damaging and destructive it can be to be a victim of sexual harassment.
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it.
At a certain point, I should start to pay attention and make sure I'm not damaging my vocal chords, because I enjoy using them a lot.
Next to financial impropriety, being charged with a reckless pursuit of women is certainly the most damaging thing you can accuse a public person of.
I want my sons to escape the pressure to be a particular kind of masculine that is so damaging to men and to the people around them.
Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
Red meat is not really bad for a person. Now, blue-green meat - that's damaging of you!
I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.
I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.
Isn't prom just a fun dance that hardworking students deserve? Sure, but it's also an event where girls internalize damaging cultural messages.
Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.
When you reach a point of no return with someone and you feel there's going to be no reconciliation, you have to disconnect. I can't allow myself to be emotionally connected with people like that again, it's too damaging.
Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.
I'm committed to working with business, both large and small, to make sure we don't impose unnecessary burdens or create damaging labour shortages.
Ocean energy can contribute a great deal toward the protection or our atmosphere - without damaging marine ecosystems that are equally vital to the planet's future.
When you can no longer elucidate the ideas, or when they are too damaging to openly acknowledge, all you can do is simply make threats, demand loyalty.
Both poverty and wealth are excellent things, because they are extremes, but the middle ground is damaging to the soul.
There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and intuition. . .
Social media has been both damaging and beneficial in terms of how we view our bodies.
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.
There's something people do to you when they bully you that makes you feel like you're on your own. But don't keep things inside, it's really damaging if you do.
Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government.
If you know something damaging about a major political figure, then, in a democracy, it is surely your duty to tell the voters before they go to the polls.
You’re really not right, are you? Yeah, I know. It was all the paint chips I ate as a kid. They were good, but chromosomally damaging. (Nick)
The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.
Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable fires of hell?
I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.
Wait, so @ToysRUs pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves and still sells Barbie? Hmmmm...I wonder what is more damaging?
The contemporary programs in London are harder and much more damaging for the body. With classical ballet you are relaxed mentally because it's what you learnt, but I want to push myself.
I can't think of anything right now that could be more damaging for our economy than passing and putting into effect and implementing Obamacare.
That whole 'Bo' Selecta!' thing was damaging. I played along with it; I said it was cool, I can take a joke, roll with it, so I went on the show. But it was killing me.
If I was 10st, I would look highly unattractive - it would be damaging to my body.
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises.
The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.
American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment.
Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy.
There's someone on Twitter who pretends to be me but as long as he doesn't say anything damaging, I don't care. Let him get on with it.
the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion
I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it.
The Government's first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust.
Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!
Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.
The most damaging erroneous belief about happiness is, of course, that happiness is somewhere else--that is, that it is not with you.
The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person.
If the auto companies were free agents, they would act to break the fuel monopoly that is so damaging to their own interests and those of their customers. But they are not, and so they won't.
I think acting's very natural. It comes from a place of honesty, and if someone tries to teach you their way of doing it, that could be quite damaging.
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it.
Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging.
Oregano is such an antioxidant-rich herb that researchers decided to see if it could reduce the DNA-damaging effects of radiation.
No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts.
The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.
In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.
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