He said he appreciated the encouragement from fans in Minnesota, where he has played his entire 10-year career, but sympathy makes him uncomfortable.
The cast turns in thoughtful, committed performances that, in refusing to beg for sympathy, make you identify with them all the more.
The expedition vanishes, and we are left to wonder at the man; his greatness, and our sympathy made more by this superb literary adventure.
But after 1860 a surge of sympathy made Catholics everywhere, but especially in America, pour large sums into the Vatican, originally conceived as giving the pope military assistance, but then turned over to him for any use.
Whether this neutrality sprang from fear of guerrilla terrorism or from sympathy made no practical difference: the Saigon government lacked the coöperation of the peasants, and their coöperation was necessary to suppress the Communist-led insurrection.
I wouldn't say sympathy makes me sick, I just think that it is often misplaced.
During this time Charlotte's steadfast patriotism and democratic sympathies made her a symbol of Luxembourg's sovereignty and prosperity.
Scott's City contacts and renewed Labour sympathies made him a natural choice to help Blair in a part-time capacity.
The Neva was captured without incident, but the reports of Ward's Confederate sympathies made it back to the United States, where The New York Times, among others, relayed the news that the privateer Ward was a "desperate character" with "a large sum of money" from his service in the Chinese empire.
Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, who appeared to harbor far-right sympathies, made an appearance in a Quebec City court Monday afternoon a day after he allegedly fired gunshots into the mosque during prayers Sunday evening.
