#misunderstood

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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I'm a lion in a strange land. ↗

— Criss Jami

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I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception. ↗

— Willie Aames

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I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that. ↗

— Fan Binbing

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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood. ↗

— Tony Blair

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To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

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The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting. ↗

— John Cleese

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