"My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else."

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"My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else."

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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."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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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."

Timothy J. Keller, American Author

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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."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

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

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

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"Because I select my players from a feeling that comes to me when I am with them, a certain sympathy you might call it, or a vibration that exists between us that convinces me they are right."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

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"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

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

Bob Feller, American Athlete

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"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

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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."

Kate Smith, American Musician

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"From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't singin' natural at the time; he was singin' falsetto."

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"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."

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