"It certainly is everyone's right to use the word if they wish.... What we're hoping for as special needs individuals, parents of special needs individuals, and supporters of special needs individuals is that people will use compassion when speaking to and about others, especially those in the spotlight who exert immense power over the impressionable".
She listened with compassion, and spoke with affection.
The Archbishop of Wales has used his Easter message to urge people to live life with love and compassion and speak out against injustice and deprivation.
About mid-way through the talk Gabby mentioned that before she does a talk she will say a prayer asking for the highest spirit of truth and compassion to speak through her talk.
Unfortunately for her election prospects, Hillary has never quite learned to introduce humour or compassion into her speaking voice and on a good day sounds like an android trying to trick the last human out of a bunker.
Perhaps something about the victims made them unworthy of compassion, outrage, or speaking out.
The faith community nationwide, which should be the natural habitat for discussion of basic decency and human compassion, is now speaking up with remarkable unity over how the United States should handle the refugee crisis.
Yet -- some magnificent exceptions -- rarely hear our religious leaders speaking of compassion.
Having conversations with gay rights leaders, speaking about compassion and respect for all, and inviting people to attend a concert do not equal pulling back from supporting traditional marriage due to negative publicity during Prop 8," he wrote by email.
Accepting the Coppa Volpi prize, Staunton said: 'I want to thank the tireless jury for embracing and honouring this film which I'm so proud to be in, because it deals with a complex subject with such compassion.' Speaking exclusively to The Observer before the ceremony, Staunton called the experience of playing Vera the greatest achievement of her life.
