Confusing the words wish , faith and pray with each other usually just results in a minor grammatical faux pas , but when any of these words, especially hope , is confused with action , the results are much more devastating.
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The goals of corporate consumerism require that we accept its values, that we fail to seek better alternatives, that we reject the possibility of finding better alternatives ('psycho-babble'), that we fail even to see the existence of a problem to be solved, that we therefore live according to an entirely inadequate set of values, that we therefore live in complete confusion, that we therefore suffer profound and devastating psychological, physical and environmental disease; that we suffer and, if necessary, die for profit.
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This is probably the worst catastrophe, or set of catastrophes certainly that I'm aware of in the history of the country. It was a devastating hurricane followed by a devastating flood,
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Our meat-centered diet and the large-scale animal agriculture that supports it, is devastating all the life support systems upon which we depend - the topsoil, the forests, the rivers, the ground water, the air and the oceans. Evolving our diet away from the current animal-based diet toward a plant-based diet is arguably the single most effective action we can take as individuals and as a society to improve our health and to stabilize our endangered eco-system.
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The only way to erase that memory is to win the tournament. If we lose, it will be just as devastating as last year. But I think that last year's loss has helped this team get ready for this tournament.
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That's what's so devastating, that goddamned levee breaking. My home didn't lose a shingle but it's got six feet of water in it.
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Nature is devastating. It was only three months ago that we were praying for rain, and now in Texas we've got too much rain. It happened so quickly and so suddenly.
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We have to try and forget this as quick as we can. This is a devastating loss.
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It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground.
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