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Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that… — Max Muller
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time… — Jack Nicholson
Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid. — Earl Nightingale
Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the issue that brings… — Grover Norquist
I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything. — Ted Nugent
At least I had that, one guy understood me. — Yoko Ono
Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or… — Chuck Palahniuk
As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England. — Gwyneth Paltrow
Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very… — Paracelsus
I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood. — Mandy Patinkin
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for… — Rand Paul
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. — William Penn
I cannot be understood in three minutes. — Sidney Poitier
I've never understood the 'things to do before you die' idea. If I was ill, I'd be in no mood to have a swim with… — Karl Pilkington
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the… — Karl Popper
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. — Lawrence Clark Powell
Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well… — Terry Pratchett
You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through. — Miuccia Prada
To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality… — Dennis Prager
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different… — Marcel Proust
I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that… — Vladimir Putin
The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council… — Vladimir Putin
People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing… — Daniel Radcliffe
The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of… — Tom Robbins
A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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