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title: "35 Understood People Quotes by 34 authors"
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> [I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-ve-never-understood-people-who-play-up-the-artifice-of-music/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [“After all, she understood people so well, as well as Fredrick understood his library.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-holman/after-all-she-understood-people-so-well-as-well-as-fredrick/)

[Sarah Holman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-holman/)

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> [Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/chekhov-understood-that-people-are-mysterious-and-can-t-be-reduced-to/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/to-make-yourself-understood-to-people-one-must-first-speak-to-their/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/no-art-that-is-not-in-the-end-understood-by-the-people-can-live-or/)

[Frank Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-norris/)

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> [I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/i-never-understood-people-who-don-t-have-bookshelves/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

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> [I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lil-wayne/i-don-t-want-to-be-understood-because-if-people-understand-me-they/)

[Lil Wayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lil-wayne/)

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> [“I was the girl who never understood who she was to people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-was-the-girl-who-never-understood-who-she-was-to-people/)

[Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/)

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> [Over time, it's becoming more and more understood by people that we're acting in their interests. And that's a very, very powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-page/over-time-it-s-becoming-more-and-more-understood-by-people-that-we-re/)

[Larry Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-page/)

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> [“That’s why the survivor clubs formed. The only people who really understood were the people who had been through those experiences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/that-s-why-the-survivor-clubs-formed-the-only-people-who-really/)

[Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/)

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> [“I’ve never understood what people mean when they say they have to find themselves. We know who we are. The hard part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mcintyre/i-ve-never-understood-what-people-mean-when-they-say-they-have-to/)

[Mike McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mcintyre/)

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> [Being pregnant is a wonderful thing. I have never understood why people make such a big deal of it though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dia-mirza/being-pregnant-is-a-wonderful-thing-i-have-never-understood-why/)

[Dia Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dia-mirza/)

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> [I never understood why people take drugs. They're habit forming and they can kill you. I didn't need anything to pep me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/i-never-understood-why-people-take-drugs-they-re-habit-forming-and/)

[Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/)

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> [I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-had-never-understood-what-people-meant-when-they-said-they-d-rather/)

[Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/)

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> [An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation... It's not actually understood by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-gabrieli/an-actual-understanding-of-our-economy-is-that-our-economy-most/)

[Chris Gabrieli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-gabrieli/)

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> [“I’ve never understood people who grind through a book they don’t really like, determined to finish it for some unknown reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grisham/i-ve-never-understood-people-who-grind-through-a-book-they-don-t/)

[John Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grisham/)

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> [“Marriage is something we make from available materials. In this sense it’s improvised, it’s almost offhand. Maybe this is why we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/marriage-is-something-we-make-from-available-materials-in-this-sense/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

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> [The idea that in the system, if you manage it in an optimum way, all of the constituent parts of the system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mackey/the-idea-that-in-the-system-if-you-manage-it-in-an-optimum-way-all-of/)

[John Mackey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mackey/)

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> [You made peace,” said the buffalo man. “You took our words and made them your own. They never understood that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-made-peace-said-the-buffalo-man-you-took-our-words-and-made-them/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [I could go on and on about how the statements and concepts that used to depress me now bring me joy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/i-could-go-on-and-on-about-how-the-statements-and-concepts-that-used/)

[Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/)

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> [My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-degas/my-art-what-do-you-want-to-say-about-it-do-you-think-you-can-explain/)

[Edgar Degas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-degas/)

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> [“May was the best person I ever knew… She understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-rylant/may-was-the-best-person-i-ever-knew-she-understood-people-and-she-let/)

[Cynthia Rylant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-rylant/)

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> [ \[May\] understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-rylant/may-understood-people-and-she-let-them-be-whatever-way-they-needed-to/)

[Cynthia Rylant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-rylant/)

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> [I believe if people understood each other more, if people took the time and realize it's not 'all about me' and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esai-morales/i-believe-if-people-understood-each-other-more-if-people-took-the/)

[Esai Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esai-morales/)

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> [ \[He\] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/he-understood-the-people-in-a-new-way-the-people-is-not-everyone-who/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [In order to understand, it is immensely important for the person who understands to be located outside the object of his or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bakhtin/in-order-to-understand-it-is-immensely-important-for-the-person-who/)

[Mikhail Bakhtin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-bakhtin/)

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> [“Because the fact of not being understood by other people had become my only real source of pride, I was never confronted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukio-mishima/because-the-fact-of-not-being-understood-by-other-people-had-become/)

[Yukio Mishima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukio-mishima/)

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> [Once I was embraced by gay culture, I finally started to feel I was fitting in. I was understood by those people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roisin-murphy/once-i-was-embraced-by-gay-culture-i-finally-started-to-feel-i-was/)

[Roisin Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roisin-murphy/)

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> [We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-prather/we-feel-understood-by-people-who-like-us-misunderstood-by-people-who/)

[Hugh Prather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-prather/)

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> [When I speak or when I offer ideas and explain how the universe seems to work from the point of view that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/when-i-speak-or-when-i-offer-ideas-and-explain-how-the-universe-seems/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

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> [Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/isn-t-it-a-pleasure-to-study-and-practice-what-you-have-learned-isn-t/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [In a typical desperation for quick answers, easily understood, people had turned to primitive worship as the solution. With less than success.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/in-a-typical-desperation-for-quick-answers-easily-understood-people/)

[Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/)

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> [“But at the same time, Sandro understood that people only tended to allow their own contradictions, and not those of others. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kushner/but-at-the-same-time-sandro-understood-that-people-only-tended-to/)

[Rachel Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kushner/)

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> [There's just something about being a young, working class, working poor, person of color in New York City in the 80's that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/there-s-just-something-about-being-a-young-working-class-working-poor/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

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> [“The notion that commercial contracts should be written in plain English so as to be understood by people who would never be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-fox/the-notion-that-commercial-contracts-should-be-written-in-plain/)

[Charles M. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-fox/)

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