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• Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
• Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became… — David Halberstam
• The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he… — Allan Bloom
• Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they… — Winston Churchill
• The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you… — Lafcadio Hearn
• Empathy involves the inner experience of sharing in and comprehending the momentary psychological state of another person. — Unknown Author
• There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging… — Gregory Benford
• No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see… — Roger Penrose
• Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours… — Richardson Wright
• Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it-… — Faith Ringgold
• The duties of men are summarily comprised in the Ten Commandments, consisting of two tables; one comprehending the duties which… — Noah Webster
• It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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