"The sympathies of a well-adjusted person can easily be aroused by the plight of strangers. Indeed, the skillful writer of a novel, a play, or an opera can engage our emotions on behalf of people who are not only strangers to us, but who do not even exist! And a person whose emotions cannot be so aroused is not behaving normally."

-- John Derbyshire

#Play Quotes #People Quotes #Plight Quotes

“I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Then a homeless man with a dog approached us and put his hand out. This happens to be something that I have a real problem with: homeless people with pets who approach you for food when they have a perfectly delicious dog standing right there?”

Source : Chelsea Handler (2012). “Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea”, p.239, Random House
“You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything is good.”
“Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him ! O these fashionable people!”
“You lose money chasing women; Never lose women chasing money.”
“My sole occupation is love.”
“No man is really saved unless he is in his heart obedient to Christ.”
“There are many ways that we grow, but there are two major ways: We shed what no longer works, or we're broken open. If we're unwilling to shed, then we will be broken open. Through shedding, we are worn down, just as nature is eroded to its beauty. I think that through suffering, human beings are eroded to our beauty.”

Source : "Journey to the Sacred: An Interview With Mark Nepo". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 13, 2013.

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