Being misunderstood Quote by Alice Walker

“What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like.”

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The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

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When so many people misunderstand you, you learn not to try and explain yourself and wait for the people who actually try to understand.

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I'm quite comfortable now with being misunderstood. I don't really feel the need either to pander to it or to refute it. Just go…

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The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood.

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Being misunderstood by someone you care about and not getting the opportunity to explain yourself.

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Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.

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He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.

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Me being misunderstood is common, a little too common but it is what it is.

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