Socrates Quotes
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
Quotes to Explore
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
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The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
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We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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There is nothing cooler than to have them singing your words back to you. The last show I did, I was kind of nervous about putting the mic out there, because you're not sure how it's going to go. But I did, and they sang the whole chorus. I thought, 'Holy crap! That is the coolest feeling.' It's the biggest rush ever.
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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
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I'm sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.
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As the Only Begotten Son of the Father in the flesh, Jesus inherited divine attributes. He was the only person ever born into mortality who could perform this most significant and supernal act.
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
