Urge Quotes

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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 am a writer… — Azar Nafisi
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if… — Joe Lieberman
I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart — Edvard Munch
... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky Pizzarelli)… — Unknown Author
I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and… — Thomas E. Donilon
True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes. — Nicholas Lore
In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to… — Bruno Rossi
You can memorize your way through a labyrinth if it is simple enough and you have the time and urge to escape. But the learning… — David Hawkins
We did not lack for religious leaders to urge us into "godly" war [...]. All of this was part of a well-financed propaganda campaign on… — Eustace Mullins
Shooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man's muscles are capable, but… — Wyatt Earp
Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may be living nearer… — Jonathan Goforth
A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take… — Richard Russo
If you're a man in your twenties or thirties, and you have yet to make your fortune, I would urge you not to get married. — Gene Simmons
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that… — Robert Ringer
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the… — Aaron Klug
Iâ€™m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel… — Stephen King
Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal… — Alcee Hastings
Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against… — Clarence Darrow

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