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Whatsoever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases the authority of the body over the mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may seem in itself. – Susanna Wesley	added by Tsasuyed 4 months ago
Covid is a very proinflammatory virus, so it really weakens your immune response, and when you haven’t recovered yet, and you get a second hit, in this case, RSV or rhinovirus, you develop a more severe disease. – Asuncion Mejias	Found on CNN 1 year ago
At this stage, I don’t think this scandal alone will prevent President Biden from pursuing a second term, but it weakens one of his primary lines of attack against former President Trump if he is the GOP nominee, the biggest risk for Democrats is that it could demoralize their voters, especially if the DOJ’s investigation escalates. – Giancarlo Sopo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The eventual track of Hurricane Kay as it weakens also bears watching, the eventual remnants of this storm will likely result in an increase in rainfall across southern Southern California and Arizona by this weekend. – The WPC	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is singularly a disaster, imagine this for a second. No New Yorker in the history of New York has ever said these words : New Jersey did New Jersey better. Cashless bail in New York undermines law enforcement and weakens public safety. – Marc Molinaro	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This acidity weakens enamel making it a lot more prone to staining, tooth decay and breakage. – Rhonda Kalasho	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If you feel like you're in control of the stressor, then there aren't these toxic brain changes, if you feel out of control it leads to chemical changes in the prefrontal cortex that weakens the connections, and over time actually erode those connections away. – Amy Arnsten	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is an urgent problem because one, we don't know when it will turn into an economic problem, interest rates, inflation, currency, any of those issues. But most importantly it weakens every other vulnerability we have, whether it's in competition with China, whether it's to cyber or terrorist attacks, whether it's dealing with national emergencies or natural disasters, it leaves us vulnerable. – Maya MacGuineas	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
My sense is that the dollar weakens a tad more, (by about) 2%-5%, from here. – Binay Chandgothia	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
To be left with no remedy ... given such a violent and unprovoked shooting weakens the constitutional foundation of America's house. – Robert Hilliard	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a geopolitical issue, this strengthen Russia and weakens Europe. – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If you are very, very loud, if you go viral very, very fast that's exactly the sort of thing that our automated systems will detect and flag, so when actors have really diligent, deliberate and effective operational security it weakens their ability to build an audience. – Nathaniel Gleicher	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States ... (is) where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues. And when that happens, typically the overall effort and movement weakens. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's a bigoted policy. It has not one shred of evidence behind it, in fact, all the evidence goes the other way. It goes against the basic American notion that it should be about what you can do and not who you are. ... To do this to patriots who are willing to serve -- not only willing, but eager to serve, who have raised their hands and said send me -- weakens our democracy and seriously weakens our military. – Ray Mabus	Found on CNN 5 years ago
At some point, if he weakens further, Republicans would say we're concerned about whether or not he's going to win if we're going to face a very far-left Democratic nominee, and is he going to take the rest of us down with him, if you're an elected official. – Larry Hogan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being honest, i think Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin does, and that's how can Russian President Vladimir Putin weaken this President, ironically. How Russian President Vladimir Putin weakens this President is saying,' Yeah, this is my guy.'. – Chris Stewart	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to ensuring that the Brexit deal in no way weakens the United Kingdom, but it is also vitally important that the EU's interpretation of the backstop is rejected and ensure there is no border down the Irish sea. – Nigel Dodds	Found on CNN 6 years ago
If you have a situation that weakens your immune system or you have existing cuts or abrasions be aware that does raise your risk of bacterial infection, we recognize we are seeing a little more of this and we’re not sure what the reason is but we have to be aware. – Karen Landers	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
For the few stragglers that are still hanging onto (to the idea) that this is a pathological modern human, it certainly weakens their argument yet again. – Matthew Tocheri	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There's a general sense of caution as we look ahead to tomorrow's CPI and as we approach the end of the month, which is actually the end of the financial year for most listed stocks, it would unquestionably be more desirable for policymakers in Japan to end the month on a higher note than we're seeing right now. Unless the yen weakens substantially between now and the end of March, I imagine the Nikkei will have a hard time holding its current position. – Stefan Worrall	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We continue to view a coordinated production cut as highly unlikely and ultimately self-defeating, despite the sharp bounce in oil prices, we do not expect such a cut will occur unless global growth weakens sharply from current levels, which is not our economists' forecast. – Goldman Sachs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
How do we understand the vulnerabilities that created this problem and ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen in the future? i don't think the government should be requesting anything that weakens the security of anything that is used by the federal government or American businesses. – Will Hurd	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This episode weakens confidence for the government's decision-making ability. The impression is that the coalition partners have had major tensions. – Pasi Kuoppamaki	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When people get phone calls and say' abandon', that weakens morale. Morale is a fundamental issue and( to improve it is) one of our main tasks. – Ashraf Ghani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Whatsoever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases the authority of the body over the mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may seem in itself.

– Susanna Wesley

added by Tsasuyed
4 months ago

Covid is a very proinflammatory virus, so it really weakens your immune response, and when you haven’t recovered yet, and you get a second hit, in this case, RSV or rhinovirus, you develop a more severe disease.

– Asuncion Mejias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At this stage, I don’t think this scandal alone will prevent President Biden from pursuing a second term, but it weakens one of his primary lines of attack against former President Trump if he is the GOP nominee, the biggest risk for Democrats is that it could demoralize their voters, especially if the DOJ’s investigation escalates.

– Giancarlo Sopo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The eventual track of Hurricane Kay as it weakens also bears watching, the eventual remnants of this storm will likely result in an increase in rainfall across southern Southern California and Arizona by this weekend.

– The WPC

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is singularly a disaster, imagine this for a second. No New Yorker in the history of New York has ever said these words : New Jersey did New Jersey better. Cashless bail in New York undermines law enforcement and weakens public safety.

– Marc Molinaro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This acidity weakens enamel making it a lot more prone to staining, tooth decay and breakage.

– Rhonda Kalasho

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you feel like you're in control of the stressor, then there aren't these toxic brain changes, if you feel out of control it leads to chemical changes in the prefrontal cortex that weakens the connections, and over time actually erode those connections away.

– Amy Arnsten

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is an urgent problem because one, we don't know when it will turn into an economic problem, interest rates, inflation, currency, any of those issues. But most importantly it weakens every other vulnerability we have, whether it's in competition with China, whether it's to cyber or terrorist attacks, whether it's dealing with national emergencies or natural disasters, it leaves us vulnerable.

– Maya MacGuineas

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

My sense is that the dollar weakens a tad more, (by about) 2%-5%, from here.

– Binay Chandgothia

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

To be left with no remedy ... given such a violent and unprovoked shooting weakens the constitutional foundation of America's house.

– Robert Hilliard

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a geopolitical issue, this strengthen Russia and weakens Europe.

– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you are very, very loud, if you go viral very, very fast that's exactly the sort of thing that our automated systems will detect and flag, so when actors have really diligent, deliberate and effective operational security it weakens their ability to build an audience.

– Nathaniel Gleicher

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States ... (is) where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues. And when that happens, typically the overall effort and movement weakens.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's a bigoted policy. It has not one shred of evidence behind it, in fact, all the evidence goes the other way. It goes against the basic American notion that it should be about what you can do and not who you are. ... To do this to patriots who are willing to serve -- not only willing, but eager to serve, who have raised their hands and said send me -- weakens our democracy and seriously weakens our military.

– Ray Mabus

Found on CNN
5 years ago

At some point, if he weakens further, Republicans would say we're concerned about whether or not he's going to win if we're going to face a very far-left Democratic nominee, and is he going to take the rest of us down with him, if you're an elected official.

– Larry Hogan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being honest, i think Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin does, and that's how can Russian President Vladimir Putin weaken this President, ironically. How Russian President Vladimir Putin weakens this President is saying,' Yeah, this is my guy.'.

– Chris Stewart

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to ensuring that the Brexit deal in no way weakens the United Kingdom, but it is also vitally important that the EU's interpretation of the backstop is rejected and ensure there is no border down the Irish sea.

– Nigel Dodds

Found on CNN
6 years ago

If you have a situation that weakens your immune system or you have existing cuts or abrasions be aware that does raise your risk of bacterial infection, we recognize we are seeing a little more of this and we’re not sure what the reason is but we have to be aware.

– Karen Landers

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

For the few stragglers that are still hanging onto (to the idea) that this is a pathological modern human, it certainly weakens their argument yet again.

– Matthew Tocheri

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There's a general sense of caution as we look ahead to tomorrow's CPI and as we approach the end of the month, which is actually the end of the financial year for most listed stocks, it would unquestionably be more desirable for policymakers in Japan to end the month on a higher note than we're seeing right now. Unless the yen weakens substantially between now and the end of March, I imagine the Nikkei will have a hard time holding its current position.

– Stefan Worrall

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We continue to view a coordinated production cut as highly unlikely and ultimately self-defeating, despite the sharp bounce in oil prices, we do not expect such a cut will occur unless global growth weakens sharply from current levels, which is not our economists' forecast.

– Goldman Sachs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

How do we understand the vulnerabilities that created this problem and ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen in the future? i don't think the government should be requesting anything that weakens the security of anything that is used by the federal government or American businesses.

– Will Hurd

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This episode weakens confidence for the government's decision-making ability. The impression is that the coalition partners have had major tensions.

– Pasi Kuoppamaki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When people get phone calls and say' abandon', that weakens morale. Morale is a fundamental issue and( to improve it is) one of our main tasks.

– Ashraf Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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