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title: "5 Awareness Didn Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/without-willing-it-i-had-gone-from-being-ignorant-of-being-ignorant/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [“Paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness. I didn't say it, but I repeat it often enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-everett-jones/paranoia-is-just-a-heightened-state-of-awareness-i-didn-t-say-it-but/)

[Gerald Everett Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-everett-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/gerald-everett-jones-239733_awareness_paranoia-is-just-a-heightened-state-of-a_748700.jpg)

> [Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/without-willing-it-i-had-gone-from-being-ignorant-of-being-ignorant-2/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/maya-angelou-104_awareness_without-willing-it-i-had-gone-from-being_829052.png)

> [Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/well-i-think-first-of-all-there-was-a-failure-to-have-real-clear/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

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> [I had access to books, and I could read... but that more foundational, basic historical awareness, I didn't have any of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-westover/i-had-access-to-books-and-i-could-read-but-that-more-foundational/)

[Tara Westover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-westover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/tara-westover-8275_awareness_i-had-access-to-books-and-i-could-read-b_2934350.jpg)

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