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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations. Ira Glass
You Yourself People Too Much Thinking Too Other Tool Dramatic Machine Characters Logic About Emotion Empathize Empathy Powerful Over Powerful Tool Without Contrast Gets Situations Staged Story Much Really Reason Sequence Moments Imagining
There are a lot of great love stories. It's just the best thing. Why wouldn't you write about it? Why wouldn't you want to read about it? But it's hard to write about. It's weird to have such a powerful and universal feeling and hope that you can write that and make it real for people. Isabel Gillies
Love Hope Best Great You People Feeling Great Love About Write Weird Powerful Make Read Real Lot Just Love Stories Want Stories Hard Why Thing Universal
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways. Jon Katz
Love Sometimes Our Our Lives Ways Impact Lifetime Powerful Particular Dogs Inexplicable Lives Intersect
We go to the theater to be entertained, but if what is left after you watch the movie is a sort of eye-opening perspective on some social issues, then it can be a really powerful piece of art. Jordan Peele
Art You Perspective Entertained Some Powerful Piece Sort Go Issues Left Movie After Theater Social Then Really Social Issues Watch
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army. Jose Marti
Army More Powerful Principle Cave Than Just Depths
Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word. Lewis B. Smedes
Time People Grace Remember Word Depend Live Other Promise Powerful Means Each Keeping Hardly
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Heart Discipline Evil Human Heart Propensity Powerful Subdued May Human
What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union. Mary Harris Jones
Alone Achieve State Corporation Miner Could Powerful Get Achieved Against Union
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. Mary McLeod Bethune
Good Change Youth Courage Old Power Out Must Direct Potential Toward Powerful Ideas Practices May Ends Old Ideas
I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I've had my share of mood swings, believe me. But it's a powerful thing when you realize that you have dominion over your behavior and your passions. Matt Dillon
Me You Emotions Behavior Believe Sleeve Mood Mood Swings Wear Tend Had Share Powerful Over Powerful Thing Passions Dominion Realize Your Swings Thing
Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books. Nicholas Kristof
Education Girl Reading Society Books Extremism Threat More Drones Firing Powerful Missiles Force Terrified Because Reading Books Greatest Greatest Threat Transform Fanatics Why
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. Pam Brown
Beautiful Dreams People Projection Strong Giving Our About Horse Powerful Existence Escape Capability Themselves Us Mundane
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe. Phaedrus
Power Alliance Never Powerful Safe Person
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear. Prince Charles
Conflict Emotions Fear Power Out Clash Distrust About Mention Lead Arises Leaders Powerful Ideals Also Course Because Understand Misunderstanding Misuse Tragically Which Inability Bigoted Activities
Music is powerful. As people listen to it, they can be affected. They respond. Ray Charles
Music People Respond Powerful Affected Listen
Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day. Richard Louv
Depression Time Day Nature Sit Way Spent All Day Cost-Effective Computer Counteract Feel Powerful Powerful Way Most Sort Front Burnout
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change. Rick Warren
Love God Change Power Living Incredible About He Reminded Powerful Most Most Powerful Motivation Intended Being
Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk. Spencer Bachus
Today Technology Approaches Strikes Tornado Give Risk Powerful Normally Us Warning Ample Early
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. Henry David Thoreau
Other Thor More Powerful Pieces Gentle Hammer His Than Breaks Persuasion Her
It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction. Noam Chomsky
People Destruction Drive Society Pretty Lead Advanced Taking Powerful Most Protect Most Powerful Least Ironic Trying So-Called While Us Richest Who Among
I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its very foundation and constitution, and it has a duty to serve humanity. America has a duty to follow its conscience to reject repression. It must reject oppression. It must reject humiliation. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Constitution Humanity Oppression World Humiliation Country Duty Believe Enshrined Must Follow Powerful Most Most Powerful Principle Principles Very America Repression Stands Foundation Serve Conscience Reject
Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate. Al Franken
Corporations Find Ability Small Small Businesses Powerful Reach Audience Same Customers Should Businesses Media
I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones. Alain de Botton
People Negative Feelings Think Way Married Uncertainty Emotional Powerful End Get Get Married Want Certainly
The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation. Alfred Adler
Inferiority Feeling Has-Been More Emotional Powerful Greater Been Experienced Urge Agitation Conquest Violent
Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. Alice Walker
Power Out Powerful Nobody Make Them
And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim. Amos Oz
Respect Conflict Claim Has-Been Clash Powerful Between Over Another Israeli-Palestinian Been Tragedy Very Land Convincing Painful Less
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