"My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to."

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Richard Ford

#Jobs Quotes #People Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.”
“Often, the greater our ignorance about something, the greater our resistance to change.”

Source : Marc Bekoff (2007). “Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect”, p.167, Shambhala Publications
“The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors if there be any such so fortunate living among us today. However, it is the ideal to strive for, and in our opinion, it is only through Contrology that this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind, and spirit can ever be attained.”
“I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Only one thing can conquer war-that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation...”
“I'm a festive guy to begin with and Halloween is my favorite holiday. I went all out on this one costume. It's a ghoul that makes me approximately 10 feet tall when I wear it. I actually got an offer to work at a haunted house because the costume is so great, and I did it for about an hour and a half before I got too cold and had to quit to go inside. Michigan winters are no joke.”
“I have always said that your work stays with you for a long time, and I try to get involved in projects where I truly believe if I had to do them again, I would the same way.”

Source : "Marc Anthony on life, music and being married to Jennifer Lopez". Interview with Gisela Orozco, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 01, 2010.
“It's the occasion that makes the revolution.”

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