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"But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy."
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"Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them."
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"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community."
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"I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force."
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"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."
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"September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world."
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"Autumn wins you best by this, its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay."
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"I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine."
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"I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long."
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"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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"On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned."
Work
"I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get."
Love
"For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be."
God
"This Christian poison hasn't stopped yet."
Christian
"What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst."
Life
"To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies."
Enemy
"I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things."
Christianity
"Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent."
Friendship
"I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how."
Thought
"My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely."
Age
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