Understanding Quotes

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The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do. — Raymond Williams
Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century. — George C. Williams
I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was… — Andrew Wiles
Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments. — Meg Whitman
Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their… — Paul Weyrich
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of… — Adam Weishaupt
I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to… — Fred Ward
The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to. — Joseph Wambaugh
When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes… — Andrzej Wajda
The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. — Jack Valenti
However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant. — Nobuo Uematsu
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left… — Garry Trudeau
We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he… — Evan Thomas
There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them… — Ellen Terry
Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of… — George Takei
In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment… — Margaret Spellings
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun… — Todd Solondz
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere… — George Gaylord Simpson
This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the… — Martin Sheen
There are clear cases in which understanding literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are… — John Searle

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