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"There is a third quality to friendship, and it is not as easy to put into a single word. The right word, literally, is 'sympathy' - sym-pathos, common passion. This means that friendships are discovered more than they are created at will."

"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George."

"Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."

"California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?"

"Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!"

"More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic."

"Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain."

"I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me."
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"This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time."

"Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul."

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

"In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion."
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