Sensitivity Quotes - Page 6

• I sense that, without sensitivity to physical pain and pleasure, man would not have known self-interest, and consequently know just or unjust acts. Thus, physical sensitivity and self-interest are the authors of all justice.

  Jonathan Balcombe

  Pain, Men, Self

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• If you become more sensitive to beauty, to poetry, that means your love has blossomed. And all the energy that has been left by fear, anger and hate, will be taken over by your love, your sensitivity, your compassion, your creativity. This is the whole alchemy of changing base metals into gold.

  Rajneesh

  Hate, Taken, Love You

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• I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  Steven Spielberg

  Conflict, Palestinian, Jew

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• When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Focus, Energy, Surrender

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• I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I know it seems like a contradiction in terms; after all reading is such a solitary, internalizing act that it appears to represent a disengagement from day-to-day life. But reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being.

  John Connolly

  Reading, Thinking, Views

  John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.345, Simon and Schuster

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• Offence is so easily given. And where the 'minority' issue is involved, the rules seem to shift about: most of the time a person who is female/black/disabled/gay wants this not to be their defining characteristic; you are supposed to be blind to it. But then, on other occasions, you are supposed to observe special sensitivity, or show special respect.

  Lynne Truss

  Gay, Issues, Black

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• I've gained first hand knowledge of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. It's made me understand that those of us who have full use of our physical faculties owe an enormous amount of respect and sensitivity to people who don't.

  William J. Clinton

  Hands, People, Challenges

  Source: www.abilitymagazine.com

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• I feel that most gay men are so much more in touch with a certain kind of sensitivity that heterosexual men aren't allowed to be in touch with, their feminine side. To me they're whole human beings, more so than most of the straight men that I know.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Gay, Men, Sides

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• When it comes to Jewish sensitivity, I don't find the proposition compelling that non-Jews have no right to comment. We all have the right to comment about each other. And I object when people say that these comments are motivated by anti-Semitism.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  People, Motivated, Jew

  "The World According to Zbig". Interview with Charles Gati, www.politico.com. November 27, 2013.

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• You tend to think that your time is either the best or the worst, and then when you have a sense of history, you'll realize actually, no, there were times things were quite gusty in the world. I mean, just think, nowadays most people will say they support the advancement of women, woman has been equal, the fact that we're so aware of the gustiness, in a sense, also speaks about the heightening of our own sensitivity.

  Desmond Tutu

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. October 24, 2007.

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• An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.

  Robert Genn

  Quality, Titles, Action

  Robert Genn (1996). “The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn”, p.144, Studio Beckett Publications

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• This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People who have spent all day learning how to sell themselves and to manipulate others are in no position to form lasting friendships or intimate relationships... Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.

  Michael Lerner

  Spiritual, Caring, Tyrants

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• I am against: general ideas / the nude / the appropriation of images / the mystification of the untitled / the glorification of artistic doubt / the fuzzy edges of sensitivity / old sins / and useless guilt.

  Marlene Dumas

  Ideas, Doubt, Guilt

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• In these flashes of insight, I understand for a moment that one of the great dividends of darkness is an increased sensitivity to the light.

  Martha Manning

  Light, Darkness, Moments

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• It's so effortless to let my loneliness defeat me, make me mold myself to whatever would (in some way - but not wholly) relieve it. I must never forget it... I want sensuality and sensitivity, both... Let me never deny that... I want to err on the side of violence and excess, rather than to underfill my moments.

  Susan Sontag

  Loneliness, Violence, Sides

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• A lot of my life involves sitting and having make-up put on; whether it's on a movie set or for a photo shoot. When you're wearing that kind of make-up all the time your skin does get all this sensitivity, so it's important that you make sure you have make-up that is easy on your skin and not too harsh for it.

  Kate Hudson

  Important, Skins, Doe

  "5 Minutes With...kate Hudson And Goldie Hawn". Beauty Heaven Interview, www.beautyheaven.com.au. June 2, 2014.

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• Most of my company is run by women. There's a certain sensitivity to what I want to express, so that's what I want around me.

  Pharrell Williams

  Running, Want, Certain

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development of highly specialized peripheral skills. but those choices in turn spring from a comprehensive view of nature and the universe in which man and woman are perceived as but elements inextricably linked to the whole.

  Wade Davis

  Spring, Men, Skills

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• Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced that any of you possess the sense or sensitivity to impart the news in any respectful fashion" - Amelia

  Tessa Dare

  Fashion, Past, Forgive Me

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• I had a real stage school voice and I could do loud things, but it's not about being loud, it's about sensitivity and subtlety in music. You can do so much more with a quiet voice than with a belter.

  Amy Winehouse

  Real, School, Voice

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• Instead of a bottom-line based on money and power, we need a new bottom-line that defines productivity and creativity as where corporations, governments, schools, public institutions, and social practices are judged as efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent they maximize money and power, but to the extent they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and our capacities to respond with awe and wonder at the grandeur of creation.

  Michael Lerner

  Creativity, School, Caring

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• Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.

  Michael Lerner

  Spiritual, Caring, Principles

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• Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge of music to prepare the nuances and colors of sound.

  Andres Segovia

  Color, Thorough Knowledge, Special

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• Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Long

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.74, Moody Publishers

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• First of all, being a woman is an incredible asset in many ways in making documentaries. You can be less intimidating, you have a heightened emotional sensitivity and you have the ability to listen to multiple conversations at one time and multi-task.

  Ondi Timoner

  Emotional, Tasks, Way

  "SXSW Women Directors: Meet Ondi Timoner – ‘BRAND: A Second Coming’ and ‘The Last Mile’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. March 12, 2015.

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