Quotes About Empathy

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.

I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.

I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

I'm not interested in anything but emotionally driven stories; that's why almost all of my work is exclusively anchored by women.

A lot of people are not interested in stories in which they don't see themselves.

I'm not interested in a character's goodness. I'm interested in what makes them human.

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.

I am not perfect. I know that. None of us is perfect.

Yes, I do believe that human beings are not perfect.

I definitely see myself as as much a feminist as I can try to be. I know I'm not perfect, but I definitely feel the connection with women. I feel them.

I just want people to remember I'm not perfect. I just try to lead with love every day.

As a black person in this country, I am always frustrated by the lack of attention my people's issues get. But at least the news and politicians are talking about not talking about our issues. Native issues are basically ignored.

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

I'm the straight-talking woman in your life who is going to be really honest with you, but come from a place of love. I'm not talking down to you; I do this from my heart.

I have a simple rule: when I'm on TV, I'm not talking to just my anchor or my colleague on my right. I'm talking to America. I look into the lens, and in my head, I'm talking to somebody in Nebraska. Why Nebraska? Why the Cornhusker State? I have no idea. But it feels like it's a good place to talk to people.

Talking to people is important to me as someone who has cerebral palsy. I know what it's like to have people not talking to me because they are scared they would ask the wrong question, but I would rather have an honest dialogue as long as it comes from an honest place.

I feel like I'm always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself.

I'm learning more and more from every reading that I do. When people come through they're not talking about heaven or hell, but I definitely see that there's a continuation of life and that we do still have the ability to connect to our loved ones and the love that we share with them.

We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.

There are so many egos in this game - maybe we all need to come down a notch.

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?