Compassion : (1203) " I met fred rogers in 1998, when ‘Esquire’ assigned me a story about him for a special issue on American heroes. I last spoke with him on Christmas Day 2002, when I called him to talk about an argument I’d had with my cousin; he died two months later, on February 27, 2003. " - Tom Junod " I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn’t care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist… anything but a racist. " - Ruby Dee " The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can’t villainize the character you’re playing. Whether it’s a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can’t humanize him. " - Corey Hawkins " Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s wall is ablaze. " - Horace " The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message. " - Ziggy Marley " My reason for joining politics is not to make money, as I have enough of my own, but to help the poor. " - Kumar Sanu " When we ask for love, we don’t ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice… and begging or pleading for love. " - Mortimer Adler " I’ve never considered being a cop. I could be a teacher, I could be a minister, a social worker or a professor. As long I don’t have to see blood and see people die every day, if I could inspire or help in their lives, that’s something I’d want to do. " - Ruben Santiago-Hudson " I’m an authentic person: I can talk about diabetes and how it affects you because I’m actually diabetic, and I know how much help a person needs, whether it’s support physically or just understanding and being conscious of what diabetes really is. " - Damon Dash " Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society. " - Kapil Dev