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title: "3 Years Understanding Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I spent so many years not understanding my own gender identity, not having the language to talk about it, and not feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asia-kate-dillon/i-spent-so-many-years-not-understanding-my-own-gender-identity-not/)

[Asia Kate Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asia-kate-dillon/)

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> [Fifty years from now if an understanding of man's origins, his evolution, his history, his progress is not in the common place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-bronowski/fifty-years-from-now-if-an-understanding-of-man-s-origins-his/)

[Jacob Bronowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-bronowski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/jacob-bronowski-3073_book_fifty-years-from-now-if-an-understanding_1395803.png)

> [I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/i-began-to-see-what-people-were-capable-of-doing-anyone-who-moved/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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