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I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other e

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons cant be learnt in lecture halls. – Lionel Blue

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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. – Lionel Blue

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Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. – Lionel Blue

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I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen. – Lionel Blue

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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. – Edward Gibbon

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

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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

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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 theyd take sympathy on me. – Daniel Johns

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