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> [The American founding is not just about a group of people, a group of men. It is about an ideal: Both a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kengor/the-american-founding-is-not-just-about-a-group-of-people-a-group-of/)

[Paul Kengor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kengor/)

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> [I love meeting people and analysing their world. I like having a puzzle to solve. That's why I do so much work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-wilson/i-love-meeting-people-and-analysing-their-world-i-like-having-a/)

[Ruth Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-wilson/)

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> [I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-m-not-trying-to-explain-other-cultures-or-to-give-a-fair-and/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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> [What greater prestige can a man like me (not too gifted, but very understanding) have than to have taken a cheap, shoddy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/what-greater-prestige-can-a-man-like-me-not-too-gifted-but-very/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

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> [The day I was born, I knew I was going to act! Okay, that can sound a bit exaggerated, but I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunny-singh/the-day-i-was-born-i-knew-i-was-going-to-act-okay-that-can-sound-a/)

[Sunny Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunny-singh/)

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> [Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/everyone-lets-the-present-moment-slip-by-then-looks-for-it-as-though/)

[Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/)

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> [Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-deschanel/reality-in-movies-is-the-reality-of-the-story-you-re-telling-so-it/)

[Caleb Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-deschanel/)

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> [I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philemon/i-pray-that-your-partnership-with-us-in-the-faith-may-be-effective-in/)

[Philemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philemon/)

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> [There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? why China? why now and the answer is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakaya-kikwete/there-are-no-demands-undue-demands-there-are-many-questions-we-get/)

[Jakaya Kikwete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakaya-kikwete/)

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> [What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/what-brings-the-karmic-result-from-the-patterns-of-our-actions-is-not/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [“A romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance. If you were to show an engine or a mechanical drawing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-romantic-understanding-sees-it-primarily-in-terms-of-immediate/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/she-stared-up-at-me-and-there-was-something-in-her-eyes-something/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

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> [They took care to represent government as a thing made up of mysteries, which only themselves understood, and they hid from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/they-took-care-to-represent-government-as-a-thing-made-up-of/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Teaching unsupported by grace may enter our ears, but it never reaches the heart. When God's grace does touch our innermost minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isidore-of-seville/teaching-unsupported-by-grace-may-enter-our-ears-but-it-never-reaches/)

[Isidore of Seville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isidore-of-seville/)

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> [I had no idea how much music and singing really means to people, and in my own tiny way to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabella-brave/i-had-no-idea-how-much-music-and-singing-really-means-to-people-and/)

[Ysabella Brave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabella-brave/)

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> [Relations between India and America should not be seen within the limits of just Delhi and Washington. It's a much larger sphere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/relations-between-india-and-america-should-not-be-seen-within-the/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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> [Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hughes/most-of-my-characters-are-romantic-rather-than-sexual-i-think-that-s/)

[John Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hughes/)

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> [Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dufresne/reading-honest-literature-makes-you-love-the-world-knowledge-and/)

[John Dufresne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dufresne/)

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> [We have heard the Chinese refer to the Shangri-La Dialogue speech at various points. You have a lot of articulations about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-sitharaman/we-have-heard-the-chinese-refer-to-the-shangri-la-dialogue-speech-at/)

[Nirmala Sitharaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-sitharaman/)

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> [Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/accustom-yourself-to-believe-that-death-is-nothing-to-us-for-good-and/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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> [I've never treated anyone in my band like they're not on the same level as me. I'm not that kind of person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/i-ve-never-treated-anyone-in-my-band-like-they-re-not-on-the-same-2/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

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> [The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-buddha-s-insight-into-the-middle-way-is-not-simply-about-a/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-grimke/the-investigation-of-the-rights-of-the-slave-has-led-me-to-a-better/)

[Angelina Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-grimke/)

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> [Loki," I said. "Hey, Princess." He smiled dazedly as he looked up at me. "What's wrong?" "Nothing." I smiled and shook my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/loki-i-said-hey-princess-he-smiled-dazedly-as-he-looked-up-at-me-what/)

[Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/)

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> [The model of the educational Kalila Wa-Dimna. These are books of instruction to rulers and humans. The stories unfold a range of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-model-of-the-educational-kalila-wa-dimna-these-are-books-of/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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> [These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/these-are-the-things-which-might-conceivably-and-truly-make-men/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Obviously, you want every game back you lost. But you can't think like that, you got to think in the present. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaren-jackson-jr/obviously-you-want-every-game-back-you-lost-but-you-can-t-think-like/)

[Jaren Jackson, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaren-jackson-jr/)

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> [It has long been observed, that an atheist has no just reason for endeavouring conversions; and yet none harass those minds which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-has-long-been-observed-that-an-atheist-has-no-just-reason-for/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Occasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/occasionally-there-is-a-moment-in-a-person-s-life-when-he-takes-a/)

[Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/)

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> [Google helps us sort the Internet by providing a sense of hierarchy to information. Facebook uses its algorithms and its intricate understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-foer/google-helps-us-sort-the-internet-by-providing-a-sense-of-hierarchy/)

[Franklin Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-foer/)

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> [I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-wright/i-spent-two-years-in-cairo-and-i-felt-a-certain-urgency-about-trying/)

[Lawrence Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-wright/)

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> [“Human beings have always been an unfinished species, a story in the middle, a succession of families, tribes, and societies in transition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hiss/human-beings-have-always-been-an-unfinished-species-a-story-in-the/)

[Tony Hiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hiss/)

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> [When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/when-the-artist-is-alive-in-any-person-whatever-his-kind-of-work-may/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

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> [I have an understanding of how much is at stake in football, how much money is at stake, how much investment there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-pearson/i-have-an-understanding-of-how-much-is-at-stake-in-football-how-much/)

[Nigel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-pearson/)

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> [An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-marshall/an-essential-part-of-any-successful-action-on-the-part-of-the-united/)

[George C. Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-marshall/)

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> [Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/artistic-creation-after-all-is-not-subject-to-absolute-laws-valid/)

[Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/)

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> [If I'm talking to someone in a crowded room, I try to make this person feel as though we're the only ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-ash/if-i-m-talking-to-someone-in-a-crowded-room-i-try-to-make-this-person/)

[Mary Kay Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-ash/)

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> [The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-importance-of-elections-transparency-legal-procedures-an/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/empathy-is-a-respectful-understanding-of-what-others-are-experiencing/)

[Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/)

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> [“There was nothing wrong with being understanding and sympathetic. It had been instilled in him all his life... "Be a good Christian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-l-rhodes/there-was-nothing-wrong-with-being-understanding-and-sympathetic-it/)

[M.L. Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-l-rhodes/)

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                        "text": "Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed this fact. But grasping this firmly, one must pile experience upon experience. And once one has come to this understanding he will be a different person from that point on, though he may not always bare it in mind. When one understands this settling into single-mindedness well, his affairs will thin out.",
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                        "text": "Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it, but the reason there's art is that it tries to bring some kind of understanding of all the suffering and joys and pain that we go through. Storytelling brings some value to it.",
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                        "text": "I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.",
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                        "text": "There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? why China? why now and the answer is why not?... There is no any hidden agenda in our cooperation with China, it is a relationship based on mutual understanding and equality; they understand our situation.",
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                        "text": "What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another key to understanding the creation of karma is becoming aware of intention. The heart is our garden, and along with each action there is an intention that is planted like a seed. The result of the patterns of our karma is the fruit of these seeds.",
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                        "text": "“A romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance. If you were to show an engine or a mechanical drawing or electronic schematic to a romantic it is unlikely he would see much of interest in it. It has no appeal because the reality he sees is its surface. Dull, complex lists of names, lines and numbers. Nothing interesting. But if you were to show the same blueprint or schematic or give the same description to a classical person he might look at it and then become fascinated by it because he sees that within the lines and shapes and symbols is a tremendous richness of underlying form.”",
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                        "text": "She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kindness. I’d tried friendship. I’d tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job.",
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                        "text": "I had no idea how much music and singing really means to people, and in my own tiny way to be a part of that is very humbling and very sweet, and and I feel very honored. ... I have a great appreciation for this, in every ways and a new understanding, and I'm just as amazed as anyone else.",
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                        "text": "Relations between India and America should not be seen within the limits of just Delhi and Washington. It's a much larger sphere. The good thing is that the mood of both Delhi and Washington is in harmony with this understanding. Both sides have played a role in this.",
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                        "text": "The Buddha's insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle way as being the very nature of unexcelled enlightenment. The middle way is an invitation to leap beyond nirvana and samsara and to realize the unborn Buddha mind right in the middle of everywhere.",
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                        "text": "The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the anti-slavery cause to be ... the school in which human rights are more fully investigated and better understood and taught than in any other.",
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                        "text": "Loki,\" I said. \"Hey, Princess.\" He smiled dazedly as he looked up at me. \"What's wrong?\" \"Nothing.\" I smiled and shook my head. \"Not anymore.\" \"What's this?\" He took my hair and held it out so i could see. A curl near the front had gone completely silver. \"I take a nap, and you go gray?\" \"You didn't take a nap.\" I laughed. \"Don't you remember what happened?\" He furrowed his brow, trying to remember, and understanding flashed in his eyes. \"I remember...\" Loki touched my face. \"I remember that I love you.\" I bent down, kissing him full on the mouth, and he held me to him.",
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                        "text": "The model of the educational Kalila Wa-Dimna. These are books of instruction to rulers and humans. The stories unfold a range of human psychology, a vast range of human psychology. The Sultan is being moved from his narrow and bigoted position into a wider, more subtle, more nuanced understanding of human experiences.",
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                        "text": "These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by understanding what are the things that men have loved; nor is it necessary to ask men to hate their loves in order to love one another. Just as two grocers are most likely to be reconciled when they remember for a moment that they are two fathers, so two nationals are most likely to be reconciled when they remember (if only for a moment) that they are two patriots.",
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                        "text": "Obviously, you want every game back you lost. But you can't think like that, you got to think in the present. You got to keep understanding you can take a lot of things away from that, you can just learn and try not to make the same mistakes.",
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                        "text": "It has long been observed, that an atheist has no just reason for endeavouring conversions; and yet none harass those minds which they can influence, with more importunity of solicitation to adopt their opinions. In proportion as they doubt the truth of their own doctrines, they are desirous to gain the attestation of another understanding: and industriously labour to win a proselyte, and eagerly catch at the slightest pretense to dignify their sect with a distinguished name.",
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                        "text": "Occasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For a split second he comes into a kind of cosmic understanding. For a trembling breath of time he knows all there is to know. He is loaned the gift the poet yearned for - seeing himself as others see him.",
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                        "text": "Google helps us sort the Internet by providing a sense of hierarchy to information. Facebook uses its algorithms and its intricate understanding of our social circles to filter the news we encounter. Amazon bestrides book publishing with its overwhelming hold on that market.",
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                        "text": "I spent two years in Cairo, and I felt a certain urgency about trying to understand the region and the conflict here, in the modest way that a journalist might be able to try and shed some understanding and enlightenment on a region that is profoundly conflicted, and a conflict that has real consequences for Americans.",
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