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title: "3 Bad Understanding Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Bad Understanding quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Bad Understanding sayings and thoughts."
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> [“many people are good at talking and bad at understanding,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-of-vila/many-people-are-good-at-talking-and-bad-at-understanding/)

[Teresa of Ávila](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-of-vila/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/teresa-of-vila-1246_learning_many-people-are-good-at-talking-and-bad_1420466.jpg)

> [The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-fuentes/the-united-states-is-very-good-at-understanding-itself-and-very-bad/)

[Carlos Fuentes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-fuentes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/carlos-fuentes-1696_america_the-united-states-is-very-good-at-unders_2562603.jpg)

> [We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/we-ve-been-very-bad-at-understanding-why-the-right-wing-does-things/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/kathy-acker-4132_bad_we-ve-been-very-bad-at-understanding-why_3231636.png)

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