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Passive Quotes

Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It’s been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified Picture Quote #1

When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That’s the course I took with all three of my cancers Picture Quote #1

The trap in Hamlet is he’s the most passive of Shakespeare’s characters. He’s not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It’s a lot of asides and soliloquies where he’s wrapped in angst, and that’s not a very interesting character Picture Quote #1

The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science Picture Quote #1

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life Picture Quote #1

Reading and writing are the same thing; it’s just one’s the more active and the other’s the more passive. They flow into each other Picture Quote #1

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Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can’t be passive Picture Quote #1

Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people Picture Quote #1

The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end Picture Quote #1

To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community Picture Quote #1

There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It’s aggressive instead of passive living Picture Quote #1

Creativity is not passive, I don’t see the creation of art as passive Picture Quote #1

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When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I’m not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, ‘You have to play it like this,’ or I tell the drummer, ‘It’s got to be like this.’ Picture Quote #1

Fine! He is being passive aggressive with me, and it’s gonna backfire; I’m gonna be active friendly Picture Quote #1

I think it’s interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It’s being receptive Picture Quote #1

Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive Picture Quote #1

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad Picture Quote #1

Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to Picture Quote #1

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You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death Picture Quote #1

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn’t have any creative power, nothing. I don’t know that person any more Picture Quote #1

All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It’s a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an accomplice Picture Quote #1

The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to it’s limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile Picture Quote #1

In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to create a better world. This is not how we once thought about philanthropy. The word used to conjure up something rather passive - sitting down and writing checks Picture Quote #1

For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity Picture Quote #1

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Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength Picture Quote #1

Say what you will about Americans, but one thing they are not is passive. The Bush administration may have pushed through the Patriot Act weeks after 11 September, but, as the American public got to grips with how the law was affecting their individual rights, their protests grew loud and angry Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been a passive person. I’ve always felt that, if you think something should be changed, it’s your responsibility to actively pursue that change Picture Quote #1

The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child’s peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration Picture Quote #1

We no longer sing and dance. We don’t know how to. Instead, we watch other people sing and dance on the television screen. Christmas, which was once a festival of active enjoyment, has turned into a binge of purely passive pleasures Picture Quote #1

I know the celestial criteria measure service, not status; the use of our talents, not the relative size of our talent inventories. I know that Church membership is not passive security but continuing opportunity Picture Quote #1

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Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It’s been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified (Passive Quotes) When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That’s the course I took with all three of my cancers (Passive Quotes) The trap in Hamlet is he’s the most passive of Shakespeare’s characters. He’s not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It’s a lot of asides and soliloquies where he’s wrapped in angst, and that’s not a very interesting character (Passive Quotes) The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science. (Passive Quotes) Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life. (Passive Quotes) Reading and writing are the same thing; it’s just one’s the more active and the other’s the more passive. They flow into each other. (Passive Quotes) Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can’t be passive. (Passive Quotes) Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people (Passive Quotes) The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end (Passive Quotes) To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community. (Passive Quotes) There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It’s aggressive instead of passive living. (Passive Quotes) Creativity is not passive, I don’t see the creation of art as passive (Passive Quotes) When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I’m not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, ‘You have to play it like this,’ or I tell the drummer, ‘It’s got to be like this.’ (Passive Quotes) Fine! He is being passive aggressive with me, and it’s gonna backfire; I’m gonna be active friendly. (Passive Quotes) I think it’s interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It’s being receptive. (Passive Quotes) Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive. (Passive Quotes) I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad (Passive Quotes) Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to. (Passive Quotes) You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death. (Passive Quotes) Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn’t have any creative power, nothing. I don’t know that person any more. (Passive Quotes) All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It’s a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an accomplice. (Passive Quotes) The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to it’s limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. (Passive Quotes) In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to create a better world. This is not how we once thought about philanthropy. The word used to conjure up something rather passive - sitting down and writing checks. (Passive Quotes) For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity (Passive Quotes) Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength. (Passive Quotes) Say what you will about Americans, but one thing they are not is passive. The Bush administration may have pushed through the Patriot Act weeks after 11 September, but, as the American public got to grips with how the law was affecting their individual rights, their protests grew loud and angry. (Passive Quotes) I’ve never been a passive person. I’ve always felt that, if you think something should be changed, it’s your responsibility to actively pursue that change. (Passive Quotes) The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child’s peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration. (Passive Quotes) We no longer sing and dance. We don’t know how to. Instead, we watch other people sing and dance on the television screen. Christmas, which was once a festival of active enjoyment, has turned into a binge of purely passive pleasures. (Passive Quotes) I know the celestial criteria measure service, not status; the use of our talents, not the relative size of our talent inventories. I know that Church membership is not passive security but continuing opportunity. (Passive Quotes)

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