"Iâ€™ve made my lifeâ€™s work spotting assholes. And you know, I think itâ€™s harder now than ever before because thereâ€™s so many socially acceptable ways to exhibit a pathological lack of empathy."

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Merrill Markoe

#Thinking Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Way Quotes

“Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I am discovering how my consciousness dominating addictions create my illusory version of the changing world of people and situations around me.”
“Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.”
“Im a perfectionist and, when it comes to people I want to work with, I have changed my mind, like, millions of times.”
“A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.”

Source : "We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân". Documentary, January 10, 2011.
“I sat and thought for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”
“My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
“Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.”

Source : "Fareed Zakaria: 'The American Dream Is Better In Europe'" by Noel Sheppard, www.newsbusters.org. November 6, 2011.

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