Understood Quotes

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We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood. — Richard Rorty
King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian. — Constance Baker Motley
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably… — Ed Gillespie
We have become aware of the responsibility for our attitude towards the dark pages in our history. We have understood that bad service is done… — Aleksander Kwasniewski
I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking… — Henry David Thoreau
Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power. — Chuck Hagel
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the… — Jim Wallis
It was really important in my relationship with James Caan that I understood the relationship between the family and the father. — Jeanne Tripplehorn
But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. — Dan Simmons
...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every kind of habit… — Henry James
The law of attraction is most understood when you see yourself as a magnet getting more and more of the way you FEEL. — Esther Hicks
It will take a long period to decide the issue in the ideological struggle between socialism and capitalism in our country. The reason is that… — Mao Zedong
First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly about the weather,… — Julianna Baggott
That was what stuck in the craws of all the good women of Deptford: Mrs Dempster had not been raped, as a decent woman would… — Robertson Davies
Love affair. Doesn't that sound so middle-aged? And also ill-fated. Like ill-fated is an understood prefix to love affair. Well, ill-fated is fine, as long… — Laini Taylor
...why did Plato say that poets should be chased out of the republic? Precisely because every poet and every artist is an antisocial being. He's… — Pablo Picasso
As a German philosopher writing in the aftermath of the Nazi regime, Marcuse understood the sleep inducing force of indoctrination, its power to make people… — Daniel Pinchbeck
I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really… — Anna Kournikova
Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion. — Linda Blair

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