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Sympathy

I dont care about sympathy. I care about playing a character whos understandable and clear. – Anson Mount

Im not going to give a courtesy gift to a person whos going to win, and Im not going to give a sympathy gift to a person whos going to lose. – Tim Kaine

I didnt go to university. Didnt even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. – Terry Prachett

I dont really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when Im writing. The two go together – Im interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes. – Tom Perrotta

They werent 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. – Audrey Meadows

Although Im Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version! – David Chalmers

Theres something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that. I have sympathy for that. – Michael Ealy

Sympathy with nature is part of a good persons religion. – Francis Herbert Hedge

Its hard for me to think of others because Im not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. – Alan Hovhaness

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: Ive seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy. – Anthony Storr

I dont think its an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake. – Joe Cornish

IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Toms Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. – Carl Clinton Van Doren

Okay, so, sometimes in life, I can be a score-keeper – someone who keeps track of what he gives and what he gets in return. An annoying quality, to say the least, and Im sure my wife has your sympathy, but its made me highly attuned to when and where credit is due. – Mark Feuerstein

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored mans wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education. – Angelina Grimke

More negatives write than call. Its 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. – John Hall

Theres a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administrations problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous. – Les Aspin

I didnt feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyones leg. – Peter Storey

I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into peoples minds better than we Liberals. – Charles Trevelyan

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity. – Italian Proverb

Pity makes the world soft to the weak and noble to the strong. – Sir Edwin Arnold