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"Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion."
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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."
"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."
"Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched."
"There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous."
"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 something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."
"A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy."
"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."
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"Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future."
"The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not."
"Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion."
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