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Only curiosity about the fate of others, the ability to put ourselves in their shoes, and the will to enter their world…
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Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems…
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I believe in empathy. I believe in the kind of empathy that is created through imagination and through intimate, personal relationships. I…
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I believe that it is only through empathy, that the pain experienced by an Algerian woman, a North Korean dissident, a Rwandan…
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You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.
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Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe.
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A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.
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America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?
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Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and…
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For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of…
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I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years…
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I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I…
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A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice and performance…
— Silas L. Copeland
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Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it.
— Chip Heath
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Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Just because we always have doesn’t mean we always have to. Once we know…
— Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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Once we know the Word of God, we have a responsibility to be obedient to it.
— Joyce Meyer
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Once we know that people are human and have some Homer Simpson in them, then there's a lot that can be done…
— Cass Sunstein
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Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of…
— Michael Dirda
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My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves
— Socrates
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Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Once we know the number one, we believe that we know the number two, because one plus one equals two. We forget…
— Jean-Luc Godard
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Women, as they are like riddles in being unintelligible, so generally resemble them in this, that they please us no longer once…
— Alexander Pope
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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.
— Azar Nafisi
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