Sympathetic Quotes
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There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster
H. H. Munro
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But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has alwa...
G.K. Chesterton
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It`s easy to offend people. People get uncomfortable, for instance, when the main character in a movie is not sympathetic in a Hollywood formula way. Our movies are loaded with things that aren`t to everyone`s taste. On the other hand, there`s a scene in ...
Ethan Coen
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It`s a little-known fact, but I wanted Han Solo to die at the end of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). I thought it would give more weight and resonance. But George Lucas wasn`t sympathetic. He didn`t want me killed by those teddy bear gu...
Harrison Ford
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(On his movie "Happiness"): "It`s not for everyone and it`s not designed for everyone and I don`t think I`ll ever write anything that`s designed to appeal to everyone. If you want sympathetic characters it`s easy enough to do, you just give someone cancer...
Todd Solondz
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It`s hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I`m not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven`t been sympathetic to mine.
Terry Gilliam
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It`s hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I`m not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven`t been sympathetic to mine.
Terry Gilliam
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Women are more sympathetic creatures in jeopardy, plus they`re more interesting to photograph. I`d rather photograph a woman walking around with a candelabra than a guy. It`s as simple as that. Somebody once said that the history of cinema was made photog...
Brian De Palma
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Every girl in the world wants to find the right man, someone who is sympathetic and understanding and helpful and strong, someone she can love madly.
Carole Landis
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[On approaching the character of Mr. Darcy for Pride and Prejudice:] I find Darcy very sympathetic, I find it heartbreaking that he`s seen as very haughty and proud - and he is those things - but he`s a young man who is still grieving for his parents. He`...
Matthew MacFadyen
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Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.
Albert Lasker
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We`re very sympathetic to these kids and the many others that have enrolled here. My goal is to make them feel welcome, give them the opportunity to feel more stable and be a member of this football team. Certainly any coach would be proud to have them.
Jim Taylor
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We`re sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football`s football.
Michael Strahan
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We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any concern with the temporal affairs of man.
Amy Wroblewski
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We could promote the `care and feeding` of journalists to develop a network sympathetic to Philip Morris, ... Using this approach in the U.S. we have been able to get favorable articles/commentaries in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal , ...
Philip Morris
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We certainly are sympathetic to the plight of the consumer but want to make sure there are no unintended consequences, to education, particularly. There is no predetermination at all.
John Long
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We are very much aware of your health problems and are sympathetic to those problems and hope they improve.
Robert Jones
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We all take a very careful look at how it`s coming across. We certainly don`t want to come across sounding sympathetic to anybody using drugs.
Mary Hart
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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.
Edward Hopper
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Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it`s simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.
Ang Lee
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Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?
Isadora Duncan
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Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don`t become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.
Frank Lampard
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No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces.
Allenstown Capt. Shaun Mulholland
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More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the times to any generous and adventurous display of the passions.
Amy Wroblewski
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Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.
Amy Wroblewski
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It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.
Robert Wyatt
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I`ve been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I`ve been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.
Tilda Swinton
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I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.
Alex Hittle
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I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn`t until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a biz...
Conrad Veidt
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I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
Elia Kazan
