A life can be taken in many different ways.  I mean exactly how long does it take for an atom bomb to explode?

Dinner can be cooked and eaten.  It can come out crappy or be mistaken for a masterpiece.

Guitar riffs can be written; famous ones I'm sure were.  

You can end a life -long relationship with someone, or perhaps start one.  

Bridges can be burnt.  

Things that have taken a lifetime to create can be destroyed.

A joke can go over very well.  A joke can bomb.

I've been fired in ten minutes.  

Treaties can be signed and wars have been declared.

A ten minute rest is very relaxing.  Try it instead of coffee.

A tree can be planted and a rose clipped.

It's all how you look at it.