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• I am called to love my neighbor, which I do. I can disagree with my neighbor about several things, but I'm not going to hate my neighbor. It's not up to me to hate anybody. It's not up to me to judge anyone. It's up to me to be nice, to be kind and to do everything I can to help somebody.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Hate, Nice, Judging

  Source: smashinginterviews.com

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• It used to worry me what people said about me. I'm learning not to worry as much. Sometimes you feel critics are wrong all the time, but I don 't take objection to it, because that's the way it goes. They can be wrong, they can be right. They can be cruel, they can be kind.

  Al Pacino

  People, Worry, Way

  Source: members.tripod.com

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• No one needs to teach you to be mean; we need to be taught to be kind.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Mean, Needs, Taught

  "It's No Secret - An interview with poet Nikki Giovanni". Interview with John Kryder, artvoice.com. April 3, 2008.

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• I like the idea of becoming [fairly] good at lots of things rather than very good at just one thing. So it would be nice to be okay at the guitar or at the piano, a reasonable cook, perhaps able to fix your car or do some basic carpentry, and be able to write the odd article. Rather than being super good at one tiny thing, to be kind of average at lots of things. It might mean that you have a more kind of enjoyable, complete life.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Nice, Mean, Writing

  "How To Be Idle: An Interview with Tom Hodgkinson". Interview with Katie Renz, www.motherjones.com. June 8, 2005.

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• I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.

  Charlyne Yi

  Thinking, People, Obligation

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. March 1, 2010.

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• I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

  Ann Goldstein

  Thinking, Important, Translations

  Source: time.com

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• You really need to give us much love as you possibly can. Be kind. Be of service to people, not for you to gain anything but just out of pure love. That's what people are lacking, that pure genuine love.

  DeLisha Milton-Jones

  Genuine Love, People, Giving

  "A conversation with WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• At the end of the day, the only thing I ever wanted to feel was loved. So I think if I could give someone a piece of advice, it's really learn how to be kind to yourself. In all of our ugliness and all of our brokenness and our bad choices, to really learn to nurture that part of yourself that can be your own big sister in a way.

  Sara Bareilles

  Thinking, Giving, Choices

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• There are no "facts"- there is only the fact that man, every man everywhere in the world, is on his way to ordination. Some men take the long route and some take the short route. Every man is working out his own way and nobody can be of help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

  Henry Miller

  Men, Work Out, Long

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• Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

  Henry Miller

  Men, Destiny, Work Out

  Henry Miller, Norman Mailer (1976). “Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henry Miller”, Grove Press

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• Go for long walks,
  indulge in hot baths,
  Question your assumptions,
  be kind to yourself,
  live for the moment,
  loosen up, scream,
  curse the world,
  count your blessings,
  Just let go,
  Just be.

  Carol Shields

  Letting Go, Blessing, Long Walks

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• One can't be kind to one person and cruel to another.

  Morarji Desai

  Kind, Persons

  "19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967". The British Vegetarian, ivu.org. March/April 1968.

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• One of the differences between now and then is that the idea of body image is a much bigger issue now. Back then, just being kind of heavy and barrel-chested passed for heroic. Now, you wouldn't dare to play a hero without a lot of dieting and various specialised abdomen machines. But that was one of the things which was interesting about it and I did want to portray because there's good and bad.

  Ben Affleck

  Hero, Issues, Play

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'm glad to always have that connection to a part of the country that doesn't really have anything to do with what I do. That said, there seems to be a lot of production drumming up in Atlanta these days. It would be kind of a dream come true to go back to Atlanta to work on a movie, but we'll see what happens.

  Ed Helms

  Dream, Country, Atlanta

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2009.

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• The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able to compromise, but the melodies, even more recently, they come out very fully cast and formed.

  Andrew Bird

  Strong, Able, Compromise

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, music.avclub.com. January 20, 2009.

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• I realized that all you have to do is state what you need and figure out how to get it, and be kind and help other people move forward. Check your jealousy, which is always present, and the threat of the younger generation coming forward as they must do.

  Jeanine Tesori

  Moving, Helping Others, People

  "Composer Jeanine Tesori on Her Artistic Process and Rewarding Female Ambition". Interview with Victoria Myers, www.indiewire.com. March 27, 2015.

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• In order to be kind, one must do. There is no point in thinking good thoughts and not acting on them. There is no currency in wishing things were better but not rolling up one's sleeves and helping to change them.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Thinking, Order, Wish

  Ingrid Newkirk (2009). “The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble”, p.21, Macmillan

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• It's hard not to be kind of pessimistic about human beings generally, because we do tend to mess things up. If you just look at the history of extinctions, we've killed off an awful lot of animals - and I don't think we're doing a very good job of looking after the planet.

  Bill Bryson

  Jobs, Animal, Thinking

  "Bill Bryson answers your questions". www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. I don't want to be too dramatic, but it's hard. It's necessary to start most work alone.

  Jenny Holzer

  Want, Dramatic, Hard

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• Be kind to thy sister. Not many may know the depths of true sisterly love.

  Margaret Ann Courtney

  Depth, May, Sisterly

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• Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals.

  Ricky Gervais

  Believe, Animal, Years

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Jan 18, 2015

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• It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same.

  Piero Ferrucci

  Simple, Kind

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• Something similar happens on the other side of the equation: Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it. . . . The true benefit of kindness is being kind. Perhaps more than any other factor, kindness gives meaning and value to our life, raises us above our troubles and our battles, and makes us feel good about ourselves.

  Piero Ferrucci

  Kindness, Giving, Feel Good

  Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life”, p.23, Penguin

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• Sometimes, very quietly and graciously, you can inspire other people by showing them that there's a different way and many perceptions of beauty. You may not be feeling it inside, but if you display it like you mean it, then it can give permission to be kind to ourselves and embrace our individuality.

  Erin O'Connor

  Mean, Perception Of Beauty, People

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• Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.

  Tsoknyi Rinpoche

  Love, Life, Spiritual

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