“ Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. ”
- Cyril Connolly- Copy
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“ It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence. ”
- Tanith Lee- Copy
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“ Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. ”
- Jimmy Buffett- Copy
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“ That's why many fail — because they don't get started — they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin. ”
- W. Clement Stone- Copy
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“ Remember, I'm not running against Rick Perry; I'm running against apathy. ”
- Kinky Friedman- Copy
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“ Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom. ”
- Elizabeth George- Copy
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“ I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity. ”
- Lucretia Mott- Copy
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“ A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting. ”
- Bill Moyers- Copy
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“ Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. ”
- William Safire- Copy
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“ There can be no transforming of darkness into light, and of apathy into movement, without emotion. ”
- Carl Jung- Copy
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“ There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion. ”
- Carl Gustav Jung- Copy
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“ Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ”
- Henri Frederic Amiel- Copy
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“ I don't know. I don't care. And it doesn't make any difference. ”
- Jack Kerouac- Copy
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“ Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it… ”
- Peter McWilliams- Copy
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“ The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. In our system, she must become a passive, much more than an active, influence, and her passivity shall be composed of anxious scientific curiosity and of absolute respect for the phenomenon which she wishes to observe… ”
- Maria Montessori- Copy
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