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it’s so easy to jump on a side and scream your anger into the face of somebody on the other side of the fence. It’s far, far harder to sit down and have a really good think about what led them to stand there, screaming right back at you.
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That’s an excellent point. If more people used thoughtful compassion towards those whose opinions differ, then maybe dialogues could be had and progress made. Often it seems like we just want to yell …
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Yes, both sides screaming, neither side listening. It's a sad state of things. Our society is in dire need of more empathy.
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Agreed! No one is getting anywhere the way it is now. Compromise seems to be about as welcome as four day old fish, yet it’s the only way to proceed. We’ve become so extreme and all-or-nothing.
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George R.R. Martin
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Margaret Mitchell
“I loved something I made up, something that's just as dead as Melly is. I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it. And when Ashley came riding along, so handsome, so different, I put that suit on him and made him wear it whether it fitted him or not. And I wouldn't see what he really was. I kept on loving the pretty clothes—and not him at all.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell
“I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

J.K. Rowling
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Eoin Colfer
“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl

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