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"As a kid my heart would break for the villains."
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"I couldn't think of anyone I'd ever felt sorry for. There were plenty of kids I was envious of. There were others I achingly admired, but that might simply be another form of jealousy. Then there were those I feared, dreaded. And the worst of them, the man who shamed me. I could see my father's angry features looming over my mother. I could clearly picture her beside him in his truck, cowering against the door while he belittled and assaulted her. I guess I did know someone I felt sorry for."
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"The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance."
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"You're Not AloneWhen I was speaking to thousands of teenagers a year, I interviewed my niece Sarah Jane, who was a high school student at the time. I asked, "What do you think would be helpful for kids to know that would make a difference in their lives. She said, "I was terrified, but I put on a happy face so that no one else would know. What I didn't realize is that everyone else was as scared as I was." Knowing others may feel the same way as you can make social situations feel less awkward. When approaching new people, find ways to put those at ease who might be reluctant to approach us otherwise. Where Can You Begin to Mix, Mingle & Glow?"
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"When we become acquainted with any person on a human level, even a great enemy, we begin to see that no person is really so different from ourselves."
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"Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you profess to believe in; it doesn't matter how rich you are or how poor you are, what church you go to or what church you don't go to; the only measure of character is empathy. Do you have empathy? You are a person of valuable character. Do you not have empathy for your fellow man? None of your rules and opinions, dogma and preferences, are going to save your soul. So I say it's empathy. Empathy is the new universal measurement of a man."
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"As a child, I once suffered a bad fall that resulted in scratched palms and scraped knees. I remember how badly it stung, the cold air hitting my bleeding wounds; I felt that I couldn't stand up for the pain. Through a veil of tears, I recall a kind hand reaching for me and helping me to my feet. My knees and palms were washed clean, and I remember thinking that for the rest of my life, I wanted to help people stand back up."
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"When we our betters see bearing our woes,We scarcely think our miseries our foes."
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"Maybe you receive pain selfishly - thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant."
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"Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you will be a mile away from him, and you will have his shoes."
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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."
Emotional
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."
Attitude
"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."
Life
"Nothing will work unless you do."
Motivational
"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."
Relationship
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
Light
"Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone."
Leadership
"I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything."
Creativity
"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them."
Identity
"I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right."
Creativity
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