“In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.”
Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright
Shreib a Feleton, 1895. Alle Verk, xii. 77.
“Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity.”
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
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Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
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Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
It's called being mass man.
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
“For vice has this defect; it cannot be truly intelligent. Its very motives are its weakness.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Lost Legacy
Lost Legacy (p. 339)
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Shimon Peres (1923–2016) Israeli politician, 8th prime minister and 9th president of Israel
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