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Often, for example, I end up doing battle with a personal demon known as Passivity.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Lynn Coady 2011
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'Passivity' given him by birth is fostered by all turns of his fortune.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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'Passivity' of his, which, with no free development of the antagonist
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Passivity in female characters is one of my pet hates.
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Passivity is the enemy, strenuous activity the solution.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: American Malaise Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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President Obama: "Passivity we can believe in ......"
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Passivity is the enemy, strenuous activity the solution.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: American Malaise Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Passivity is the enemy, strenuous activity the solution.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: American Malaise Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Passivity isn't an option, and what's called isolationism is an impossibility—we live in the world—but we are too much taken by the idea of dramatic action.
From Disraeli to 'the Bang-Bang' Peggy Noonan 2011
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Passivity is impossible: Everyone must form an immediate opinion on the matter at hand and defend it passionately.
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