- Nov 07, 2020
Aggravate Quotes
On what worsens a crisis, and what simply gets attention.
To aggravate something is to make it worse, and these quotes range from lighthearted provocation to serious warnings about global security risk. For related themes, see our Attention quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew my mother was different, different from the other mothers in the way she dressed, the way she spoke, but most obviously, the way she mothered. I remember a slumber party where, instead of a sleeping bag, she urged me to bring a small, inflatable mattress because the dust on the floor was liable to aggravate my allergies.
- Diffusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We didn't have a garage to rehearse in. We had to aggravate the folks in the house. But I got a chance to play in a beer joint, and that's how it started.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a major source of the nation's news is personalizing user experiences, people with different points of view will end up in echo chambers of their own design. Facebook didn't create that problem, but it shouldn't aggravate it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020