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The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

— Meryl Streep

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Source: in: Job Readiness for Health Professionals: Soft Skills Strategies for Success, Elsevier Health Sciences, 18 Jan 2012, p. 85
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