Empathy : (37) " A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain. " - Daniel Goleman " I don’t mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn’t criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it’s a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. " - Natalie Portman " I’ve been on my fair share of quiz shows so I’m very empathetic with the contestants and I know exactly how they feel. " - Jenny Ryan " You can put things in prose and understand them one way, and then there’s understanding it by knowing how it feels. Things aren’t real until you can feel that, until you can empathize with them. That’s what protagonists do in books. " - Rege-Jean Page " Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. " - Marya Mannes " When I did the original research for ‘Odd Girl Out,’ I asked every bullied girl I interviewed to tell me what she needed most from her family. The answer truly surprised me. It wasn’t having the best solutions, calling the school, or trying to act like everything was okay. It was empathy. " - Rachel Simmons " Don’t hold back from being an ’empath.’ Don’t be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength. " - Dia Mirza " I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn’t care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don’t like people. It’s not at all like the relationship between horses and humans. " - Rachel Weisz " When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser. " - Whittaker Chambers " One of the things I’m interested in is not just women but the female qualities that are present in everyone. " - Wangechi Mutu