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• Politicians are supposed to be empathetic. And, yes, I am, actually.

  Jeff Sessions

  Politician, Supposed To Be

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I remember when I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I thought Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the greatest writers, because I felt I knew Sherlock Holmes. He existed to me. When I went to England the first thing I did was go to Baker Street to look for his house. I think you've got to try to make all of your characters as empathetic and realistic as possible.

  Stan Lee

  Character, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.ign.com

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• Completely understand the customer by seeking an intense, complete and empathetic understanding.

  Michael J. Silverstein

  Understanding, Intense, Customers

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I hope the reader's sense that I am deeply empathetic with the pain of being in a desperate marriage, but I also believe that the person who is married to the abuser or the alcoholic or whomever has the greatest potential for helping them.

  Gary Chapman

  Pain, Believe, Helping

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• Sometimes it's a little overwhelming to take on other people's stories, that's just the kind of person I am, maybe I'm empathetic to a fault, I internalize a lot, so it can be a bit hard sometimes, but I understand that that's what they need, and if I can do it, then I'll do it, but if I can't, then I'll try to take a knee.

  Frank Iero

  People, Trying, Littles

  Source: indientry.com

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• Gratitude is a mindful awareness of the benefits of life. It's the greatest of virtues. Studies have linked the emotion with a variety of positive effects. Grateful people tend to be more empathetic and forgiving of others. People who keep a gratitude journal are more likely to have a positive outlook on life. Grateful individuals demonstrate less envy, materialism, and self-centeredness. Gratitude improves self-esteem and enhances relationships, quality of sleep, and longevity.

  Max Lucado

  Gratitude, Grateful, Sleep

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.

  Kathy Bates

  Crazy, Character, Kids

  Source: guff.com

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• I think a fairly common behavior among fiction writers is that they want to help. They're generally charitable people. They're interested in the world. They're curious, they're empathetic. They understand suffering. They don't turn away from that. But what they do is essentially useless. Except for the sake of the thing itself.

  Joshua Ferris

  Thinking, People, Suffering

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It was about finding creative, original musicians. Musicians who are strong composers. Flexible, empathetic musicians, who are great individually but who also have a great sense for cooperation and collaboration, great listeners as well as great players.

  Joshua Redman

  Strong, Player, Creative

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• It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.

  Henry Rollins

  Play, Guy, Friendly

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• To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.

  Conor Oberst

  Song, People, Political

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• My personality is very good for nurturing. I'm very empathetic to my artists. You speak to anyone who's worked with me and they'll say, "Oh yeah, Steve's great. He doesn't have the ego."

  Steve Lillywhite

  Artist, Personality, Ego

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Those old adages - you attract more with honey; do unto others - are true. You can get attention by being acerbic or mean or making a bizarre comment. But by being nice, being empathetic, building relationships and listening, people begin to recognize that you're thoughtful and respectful of their position.

  Shelley Moore Capito

  Nice, Mean, Thoughtful

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• I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

  Terry McMillan

  Thinking, People, Tragedy

  "Author Terry McMillan, Interrupted by Life". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. July 28, 2005.

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• Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight into the creative process itself, and into Philip Roth's high calling as a great American artist. The book is, in some ways, a radical rereading of Roth's life and his work. It is impossible, by the end, not to feel a tender admiration for Roth as a novelist and indeed for Claudia Roth Pierpont as an empathetic and brilliant critic.

  Colm Toibin

  Smart, Real, Book

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• Political correctness is anti-empathetic because it has correctness in it. We all have biases, we all have prejudices and if we cant talk about them openly - if we get attacked for it then this is an anti-empathetic movement and therefore it cannot complain about a lack of empathy.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Empathy, Political, Prejudice

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• Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathetic than
  bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

  Frans de Waal

  Peaceful, Bipolar, Selfishness

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• Kafka would surely have been impressed by the twin ambitions of the modern empathetic state: the need to set up hyper-regulatory bodies preventing you from doing anything yourself, while simultaneously endowing lavish pseudo-agencies to hand out leaflets listing a 1-800 number you can dial to order more leaflets.

  Mark Steyn

  Ambition, Agency, Hands

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• If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others. Ideologues don't feel the pain of others because they haven't imaginatively got under their skins.

  Yann Martel

  Pain, Empathy, Skins

  "Yann Martel: 'Jewish people don't own the Holocaust'" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2010.

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• Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.

  Gary Bauer

  Believe, Government, Empathy

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• We've reached a point where we are not a very empathetic people, and art without empathy is art without an audience. My basic viewpoint is that without art we're alone.

  Jamake Highwater

  Art, People, Empathy

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• Empathetic people are superb at recognizing and meeting the needs of clients, customers, or subordinates. They seem approachable, wanting to hear what people have to say. They listen carefully, picking up on what people are truly concerned about, and respond on the mark.

  Daniel Goleman

  People, Empathy, Needs

  Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee (2013). “Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence”, p.44, Harvard Business Review Press

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• ... the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not be women (or gay men). We teach boys that girls and women are "less than" and that leads to violence by some and silence by many. It's important for men to stand up to not only stop men's violence against women but, to teach young men a broader definition of masculinity that includes being empathetic, loving and non-violent.

  Don McPherson

  Girl, Powerful, Gay

  Interview with Jeff Pearlman, www.jeffpearlman.com. April 21, 2011.

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• Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

  Gary Chapman

  Hurt, Heart, Listening

  Gary D. Chapman (2017). “The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition: The Secret That Will Revolutionize Your Relationships”, p.117, Moody Publishers

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• Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

  Ann Patchett

  Reading, Character, Mean

  "And the Winner Isn’t..." by Ann Patchett, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 2012.

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