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Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#capacity #caused #depth #develop #empathize

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#any #art #art form #bad #form

Forty years later, people still swear they can hear his offstage scream. ↗

— Robert Brustein

#forty years #hear #his #later #offstage

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#believe #cottage #descended #inferior #man

The great disadvantage of getting older is to be obliged to relive the salient economic events of one's youth, with nothing learned and nothing forgotten. ↗

— James Buchan

#economic #events #forgotten #getting #getting older

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this. ↗

— Emma Bunton

#every #every time #go #i #i do

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#african #african american #american #american children #children

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#augmented #benefits #burdens #characteristic #community

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#dad #i #like #me #mother

If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man. ↗

— Billie Burke

#better #ever #him #i #i love