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Like so many of you, I am deeply distressed both by the hateful violence in Charlottesville and by President Trump's refusal to clearly denounce it. Nobody with any empathy for the plight of people of color in this country could respond the way he did.

~Eva Moskowitz

Topics: Am Any Both Clearly Color Could Country Deeply Did Distressed Empathy Hateful He Like Many Nobody People Plight President Refusal Respond Trump Violence Way You I Am

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Human beings are created with empathy. Art serves that purpose. So why should I be disinterested in a character who's a man, and why should a man shy away from a show that's female-driven?

~Evelyne Brochu

Topics: Art Away Beings Character Created Disinterested Empathy Human Human Beings Man Purpose Serve Should Show Shy Why

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Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.

~Felicity Jones

Topics: Actor Any Being Committed Different Empathy Having Judging Once People Person Playing Responsibility Someone Story Tell Them Way You Your Yourself

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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

~Florence Henderson

Topics: Always Being Compassionate Empathy Far Grateful Kids Love Makes Mom More People Quality Say Taught Thank Thank You Too Very You

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Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Empathy Human Morality Unthinkable Without

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Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear successful offspring.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Attentive Care Empathy Improve Likely Maternal Mechanism More Mothers Needs Offspring Out Rear Started Successful Were Who Young

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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.

~Gael Garcia Bernal

Topics: Another Away Been Common Create Desire Empathy Few Get Know Language Late Learn Levels Live Many Many Levels Meet Mexico Need Never People Quite Revive Understand Us World

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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

~Gary Bauer

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Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows his lack of empathy for society's most powerless.

~Gary Bauer

Topics: Abortion Administration Criticizes Empathy His Interests Lack Most Obama Often Place Policies Powerful Powerless Rights Shows Society Support Through Ahead

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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

Topics: Because Been Believe Cases Conservatives Criticize Empathetic Empathy Government Just Lack Liberals Most Obama Part Primary Rarely Republicans Role Seen Standing Standing Up Up Vulnerable Weak

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