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Understand Quotes by Julian Barnes
- This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is dead may mean that they…
- He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women…
- But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life’s business.
- And that's a life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments. It's been interesting to me, though I wouldn't complain or be amazed if others…
- That's one of the central problems of history, isn't it, sir? The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know…
- Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to…
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- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. — Neil Armstrong
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. — Saint Augustine
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. — Jane Austen
- Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. — Jane Austen
- It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila