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My girlfriend was just killed in a car accident. Devastating. I can't believe I'm only going to have sex with her one more time. -- Anthony Jeselnik
I would be a president for all of the people, African-Americans, the inner cities. Devastating what's happening to our inner cities. Hillary Clinton's been talking about it for years. As usual, she talks about it, nothing happens. She doesn't get it done. -- Donald Trump
No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. -- Josh McDowell
The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences. -- Charles Stanley
What makes spinal-cord injuries as devastating as they are is that everything about them plays out in absolutes: they are instantaneous, utterly disabling and horribly permanent. -- Jeffrey Kluger
I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate the holidays during tough times. -- Marcus Samuelsson
In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity. -- Nathaniel Philbrick
Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -- Leon Panetta
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes. -- Marian Wright Edelman
99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can. -- Bob Woodward
I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff. That was devastating. And I usually find devastating things to be pretty valuable. -- J. Tillman
In our society, as people pass out of young adulthood, they tend to relate to themselves more in terms of what they are no longer than what they are now, and that's psychologically low-grade devastating. -- Marianne Williamson
Flops are always disappointing, but 'High Fidelity' was devastating. Not that I thought it was going to make me a big star, but I did think it was going to run longer than a week and a half. -- Will Chase
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Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.' -- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them. -- Jock Sturges
All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings. -- Robert D. Hare
The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear. -- Eliot Spitzer
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. -- Sheherazade Goldsmith
When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow. -- Charles Stanley
It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos. -- Guy Ritchie
When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating. -- Iain Duncan Smith
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors. -- Khaled Hosseini
No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good. -- Josh McDowell
I didn't do anything for two years but work on 'Gone Baby Gone,' and it was miserable and hard, but at the end? It is a good movie. I liked it very much. If it had been dismissed and deemed worthless, it would been definitely devastating. But that didn't happen. -- Ben Affleck
I keep my skin - especially on my face and neck - out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I've got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too. -- Giada De Laurentiis
My power is discombobulatingly devastating. -- Mike Tyson
Carbs are devastating for the brain. -- David Perlmutter
Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. -- Gary Chapman
Get kids out of poverty. Poverty is devastating. -- Edward Zigler
I disagree that our border is in devastating condition. -- Sheila Jackson Lee
Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime. -- Alan Autry
I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation. -- Michele Bachmann
Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating. -- Robin Wright
War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations. -- James Blunt
But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon. -- Lionel Shriver
Much more devastating than frustration is the emotion of disappointment. -- Tony Robbins
Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating. -- Ed Seykota
I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order). -- Tig Notaro
There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away. -- Rachel Simmons
Defeat is most devastating at the moment of victory" Saint Dane -- D. J. MacHale
We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start. -- Ivan Reitman
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock. -- Annette Funicello
Infidelity is horrible - there's nothing worse than that; it's devastating. -- Jessica Capshaw
There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity. -- William Allen White
Maintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance. -- Ann Landers
The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember. -- Mark Twain
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society. -- Joe Biden
One of the most devastating symptoms of pride is the unwillingness to forgive. -- Wayne Gerard Trotman
The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is tha life actually goes on. -- James Patterson
Not even the most devastating truth can be told; it must be evoked. -- Joyce Carol Oates
If you look at [Donald] Trump's attacks on Jeb Bush, they've been pretty devastating. -- Sean Hannity
Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive. -- Steve Vai
The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be. -- Fred G. Gosman
My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. -- Mike Tyson
The devastating repercussions of hate-filled language manifest in very real ways for today's LGBTQ youth. -- Cheyenne Jackson
The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it. -- Billy Graham
I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel. -- Michael Chabon
Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most -- Ellen DeGeneres
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. -- Charles R. Swindoll
When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment. -- Euripides
Failing to continue to support the public higher-ed system in California will have devastating long-term consequences. -- Mitch Kapor
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating. -- Robert McChesney
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating. -- Robert McChesney
A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth. -- Nick Lowe
Simon Crean has painstakingly built a platform for a potentially devastating assault on Howard's fitness for office. -- Margo Kingston
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For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating -- George W. Bush
To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
She flashes me a smile so devastating that it could even make an atheist believe in God. -- Sonya Sones
The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target. -- Linda Chavez
Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal. -- Ed Seykota
Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. -- Sarah McLachlan
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Life is long and dumb and devastating. People should believe whatever they need to believe to get by. -- Katie Coyle
The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made. -- Christopher Hitchens
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. -- Chuck Schumer
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. -- Chuck Schumer
Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.' -- Charlton Heston
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it. -- Nancy Gibbs
It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating. -- Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
It's the emotional punches that you can't see that are just overwhelmingly devastating to your heart - your moral fiber. -- Mike Tyson
There's nothing more devastating in a marriage than when a spouse puts their work, their desires above their partner's heart. -- Solange nicole
AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence. -- A. O. Scott
The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. -- Robert Mueller
The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live. -- Nathaniel Branden
Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. -- Mae West
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. -- Mae West
The trouble is that no devastating or redeeming fires have ever burnt in my life.... My life began by flickering out. -- Ivan Goncharov
Actors have to protect each other in a way. The idea of humiliating another actor or being humiliated myself is devastating. -- Nicole Kidman
Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died. -- Diana Vreeland
My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes. -- Vinnie Jones
I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world. -- Alex Haley
The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities. -- Sandra Pupatello
I love insults, devastating takedowns, things that could be described by Twitter hacks as 'shots fired,' and funny ad hominem attacks. -- Alex Pareene
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Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family. -- Tom DeLonge
I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous. -- Bill Veeck
Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and it is already causing devastating problems in America and around the world. -- Bernie Sanders
I lost my brother when he was 30, and that was devastating for me. I don't know if I will ever get over it. -- Giada De Laurentiis
The unhappiness of a wife with a good husband is much more devastating than the unhappiness of a wife with a bad husband. -- D. H. Lawrence
Scorned and torn, former love mates aim and shoot childish devastating daggers that penetrate beyond target to pierce the heart of their offspring. -- T.F. Hodge
....I wondered if there had been a more corroding and devastating attack upon the personalities of men than the idea of racial discrimination. -- Richard Wright
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People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled. -- Veronica Roth
Divorce sucks. Let me tell you, after five years of marriage, it is devastating to have the person with the good credit move out. -- Rich Vos
Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet -- Nicholas Stern
Well, if you're suspecting your lover is having an affair, it's definitely devastating. It's really a terrible, terrible feeling because you have no control. -- Amanda Seyfried
We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying the course?. -- Zbigniew Brzezinski
People with theories of life are, perhaps, the most relentless of their kind, for no time or place is sacred from their devastating elucidations. -- Agnes Repplier
There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies. -- Stella Young
Pictures can be devastating. Who allowed John Kerry to get himself photographed windsurfing in a flowered swimsuit? Anyone in the real world in that operation? -- Jack Germond
Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it. -- Joan Collins
Nothing can prepare you for living or working with a sociopathic serial bully. It is the most devastating, draining, misunderstood, and ultimately futile experience imaginable. -- Tim Field
She's still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Byrn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that's always been devastating to me. -- Gayle Forman
The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself. -- Charles Kennedy
Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. -- Barack Obama

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