Quotes about "Emotional Intelligence"

I think race and racism is probably the most studied social, economic, and political phenomenon in this country, but it's also the least understood. ”

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. ”

I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they're thinking and who they are and who's hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what's the story, really? ”

When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so is your physical life. ”

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. ”

No matter how little we think anatomy should matter to one's social and political rights, surely we can't pretend biology doesn't matter in sports. Surely there's a reason we don't let adults play in the t-ball leagues, and a reason most women athletes want their own leagues. ”

A democratic medical establishment does not alter people's bodies to fit regressive social norms; it advocates for patients by demanding the social body get its act together. ”

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again. ”

In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive. ”

Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals. ”