"When bad things happened to other people, I imagined them happening to me. I didnâ€™t know if this was empathy or theft."

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Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.20, Granta Books

Leslie Jamison

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“I am a student of comparative religion, but whatever I read, you scratch a little bit and underneath is the oneness. You call it different names, yes, according to the time, according to the place, according to the people, but it is all one.”

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“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
“The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and we should engage in social and political activity. This is further supported by the Stoic idea of cosmopolitanism, and by the famous "circles of concern" identified by Hierocles, who counseled that we should refer to other people as brothers and sisters, to constantly remind ourselves that we are members of the same human family.”

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“I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.”
“What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?”
“Independent bread gives independent morals: - while pecuniary dependence makes moral subserviency; - So get money - get wealth”
“I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started Homeland.”
“Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.”

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