- Fervent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empathize Quotes
On truly feeling what someone else feels.
These empathize quotes explore what it takes to genuinely understand another person's pain, from acting roles built on hidden softness to the harder science of shared feeling. See Character quotes for related reads.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
A question is a pursuit, an invitation to envision and explore a series of possibilities, to struggle and empathize and doubt and believe. The question moves, whereas our sense of what an answer is can often be static, a stopping point.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thing about being a good girl on TV is that the audience loves you back instantly. You don't have to make extra effort to make them empathize with you.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorists have no religion, belief, or race. Having been a target of a number of terrorist attacks myself, I personally empathize with the victims of terrorism and appreciate their need for protection.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to get people to empathize with the poor. You can get some people to sympathize with the poor, but to empathize is actually very hard, because most people are not poor. I realized that scarcity gives you a thread.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years ago, it was pretty hard to get people to empathize even a little bit with scaly, cold-blooded critters; now, thanks a lot to good PR from television, it is easier to get the message of reptile conservation and tolerance across. We have a lot to be thankful to reptiles for, not the least of which is their control of rodents.
- Shoes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The challenge is, how do you take someone who's supposed to be a villain and make that appealing and lovable? You have to empathize with him and put yourself in his shoes and root for him and want him to have the things he wants.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough. The more they reveal themselves, the more we love them, but there's a lot of truth in what they're showing.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don't empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you really want to be able to express what goes on with other people, you have to be able to look at them and empathize with them and not judge who they are and what they do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of telling a story about how great your brand is, try telling a story that shows you completely understand and empathize with your customer and their life.
- Empathy
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- Nov 07, 2020