Huey Lewis

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.

American Musician

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Roman Statesman

George Eliot

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.

British Author

James Nesbitt

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.

Irish Actor

John Hawkes

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

American Actor

David Lynch

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

American Director

William Shakespeare

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

English Playwright

Tamsin Greig

Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.

English Actress

Sandi Toksvig

British Writer

John Rhys-Davies

Welsh Actor

Use 'unkind' to describe actions that are socially insensitive or lacking in empathy.

Social Context

'Unkind' can imply intentional rudeness, but not always.

Connotation of Intention

Reflect on your tone when accused of being unkind; it can change the message.

Tone of Speech

Use 'unkind' for actions or words that can emotionally hurt people.

Emotional Impact

'Unkind' intensifies the negativity in a statement about someone's behavior.

Amplifies Negativity

'Unkind' can personify non-human factors, reflecting their negative impact on us.

Impersonal Forces

Use 'unkind' with subjects usually viewed as neutral or without intent, like nature.

Neutral Subjects

 who said some very unkind, inappropriate, dare I say racial things. You have responded to him. I'm not even going to dignify what he said, but you responded. Why did you respond? Well, I think there are very inappropriate comments, and not only that, I've been really supportive of my peers and the people that I've worked with. I've been a pro for almost 20 years,

On tennis, love and...

 they may unkindly be described as a "loser." There's a real difference between an unfortunate and a loser, and that shows 400 years of evolution in society and our belief in who is responsible for our lives. It's no longer the gods, it's us. We're in the driving seat. That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not.

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 don't practice these principles and if you don't understand the importance of loving yourself and loving others you're more prone to descend into rage and to into madness and become that bad actor and to treat people unfairly unkindly and as a result that will of course contribute

How love can help repair...

 there's a bit of a dance and a song and a story is created and all the rest of your recommendation is say say it like it is yeah and people respect again you know there's a tension between kindness and honesty we really we admire both of those okay so we're not trying to be unkind

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 that cultivated my curiosity and my tenacity, that protected me from the unkindness and ignorance of strangers and that armed me with the resilience, creativity and confidence that I needed to survive and manipulate the physical environment and society.

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 it it's all over his facebook page and it's going viral and so so people thinking I'm being unkind to this kid no we're having a little fun and the thing about it I've done this for years the younger they are the more fun it is when I get six and

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 the thing is each one of them have to be viewed in their cultural context if you come to my village or in any other community for example where women will and if you walked without the veil you are going to attract unwanted an unkind

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 So people think I'm being unkind to this kid. No, we're having a little fun. And the thing about it, I've done this for years, the younger they are, the more fun it is. When I get six- and seven-year-olds in a group,

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 follow him it moves between hyena Road and with a sock dam if he is unkind he is going to take us in to probably one of the most difficult areas on Juma the same area where we had that buffalo hunt

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 and tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind." I think it's a great motto for our times. So from populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy.

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