"I understand the gist of your speculation,' said……" — Jack Vance

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• I personally never got the gist of Facebook and Twitter. — Helena Bonham Carter
• The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we… — William James
• As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist… — Marie Clay
• Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment… — Rumi
• It feels like a rash. It suddenly seems like I've got a contagion of diseases, I mean awards. But it's… — Helena Bonham Carter
• I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that… — George W. Bush
• This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva… — Swami Vivekananda
• I cannot too often repeat that Democracy is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawakened, notwithstanding… — Walt Whitman
• I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to.… — Aziz Ansari
• Laymen learn to read photographs the way they do headlines, skipping over them quickly to get the gist of what… — Howard S. Becker
• The gist of the Twist is chiefly in the hips — Chubby Checker
• This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. — Phyllis McGinley

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