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One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time. — Anita Elberse

When the Holocaust is blamed on the modern state, the weakening of state authority appears salutary. — Timothy Snyder

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism. — Robert D. Kaplan

We see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement. — Pope Francis

Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction
that would not be anything to be deplored
but a weakness of conviction. — Franz Kafka

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. — Jacques Delors

Wise politics is the art of invigorating society and weakening the State. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. — Laozi

We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians. — John Tillotson

The master leads
by emptying people's minds
and filling their cores,
by weakening their ambition
and toughening their resolve. — Lao-Tzu

The rise of one civilization is the weakening of another.
The fall of one civilization is the strengthening of another. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. — Barney Frank

Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?' — Margaret J. Wheatley

All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force ... — Beatrice Webb

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. — Bianca Jagger

By the age of nine, I felt like a plant, constantly being repotted without enough time for my roots to recover, ever weakening. — Sasha Martin

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. — Leo Tolstoy

Responsibility, had been shifted from the president's weakening shoulders. It was now up — Jeff Shaara

It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic. — Naomi Wolf

You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant. — Benjamin Franklin Fairless

I feel my body weakening but my spirit is fine, ready to go to war with devils at the drop of a dime — Immortal Technique

Halloween will be a slam-dunk for merchants despite the weakening consumer spending trends. — Richard Hastings

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest. — Paul Cezanne

Winning is not only about strengthening yourself; it's also about weakening the enemy. — Ashwin Sanghi

Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all. They are actually excited about it. — Jamie Johnson

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

He that has his trust set upon God does not need to dread anything except the weakening or the paralyzing of that trust. — Alexander MacLaren

If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals. — G.K. Chesterton

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? — Zebulon Pike

It's not a visitation by angels, but a weakening in the blood
a magical orange grove in a nightmare — Robert Lowell

No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon. — Phillips Brooks

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. — Jack Kingston

He had never wandered this far from the morphine, never sensed such a weakening hold over breath and muscle. And mind. — Patrick W. O'Bryon

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. — William J.H. Boetcker

Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. — H.P. Lovecraft

Nothing is so weakening as regret. — James G. Blaine

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more. — William Collins

Perseverance. Force of purpose. Indomitable will. Those traits were once uniquely part of the American DNA. But they've been weakening for some time. — Ryan Holiday

Socialism is simply a re-assertion of that tribal ethics whose gradual weakening had made an approach to the Great Society possible. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

If your character is not strengthening, your future is weakening. — Craig Groeschel