Jacob Weisberg

The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers.

American Journalist

Michael T. Flynn

I think what - I think what the American people is looking for is they are looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity, and not a sense of passivity or confusion.

American General

Philip Zimbardo

Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.

American Psychologist

Noam Chomsky

Free institutions certainly exist, but a tradition of passivity and conformism restricts their use - a cynic might say that this is why they continue to exist.

American Activist

Julia Cameron

Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.

American Author

Dominique de Villepin

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

French Diplomat

Helen Garner

I don't understand my own sporadic collapses into passivity. Perhaps I never will.

Australian Novelist

Mao Zedong

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

Chinese Leader

Isaac Hanson

Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.

American Musician

Deepak Chopra

Passivity is the same as defending injustice.

American Speaker

Passivity implies a lack of emotion or drive to respond, not just physical inactivity.

Emotional Nuance

Often seen as a negative trait as it suggests a failure to participate or engage.

Negative Connotation

Avoid assuming 'passivity' always means weakness; context determines its nature.

Misinterpretation Risk

In psychology, passivity can hinder effective communication and personal growth.

Communication Barrier

Passivity contrasts with assertiveness, an important understanding in psychology.

Assertiveness Antonym

In electronics, passivity refers to the inability to amplify or generate energy.

Non-Active Components

Passivity in electronics isn't always beneficial; active response might be needed.

Not Always Desirable

Passivity in metals refers to a protective layer that prevents rust and decay.

Corrosion Resistance

Chemical passivity can be natural or induced for protection in various environments.

Induced State

 your body is hidden from you like this it indicates passivity the crazy thing is is that these poses can actually impact the neural circuitry in your brain associated with leadership agency and self esteem research by psychologist Amy Cuddy has revealed that participants

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 real possibility that under michelle bachelet united nations will finally and seriously address the myriad of women's issues that have been allowed to dissolve in a miasma of passivity and indifference issues that so compromised the lives women lead whether it's female

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 Nor does Stoicism encourage passivity. The idea is that only people who have cultivated virtue and self-control in themselves can bring positive change in others. One of the most famous Stoic writers was also one of Rome's greatest emperors.

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 So the passivity was culturally projected onto the little girls. And this still goes on as I think I told you last year. There's a poll that proves -- there was a poll that was given by Time magazine,

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