#stood

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#comfortable #energy #english-speaking #expressing #feeling

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#even #literature #must #only #proofs

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#going #i #i believe #innovate #misunderstood

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#clarinet #double #i #instrument #main

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#being #being misunderstood #had #hell #i

I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War. ↗

— Larry David

#because #bush #end #finally #guard

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

— Fan Binbing

#being #being misunderstood #explain #grown #i

The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year's Eve in 1981. There were four of us and we'd had a few lagers on the way. One of my mates threw up in the Tube and then stood up and fell over in it. We thought it was the funniest thing we'd ever seen. ↗

— Alan Davies

#ever #fell #few #four #funniest

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#animal #certain #i #male #men

Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body. ↗

— Patti Davis

#again #begins #belief #body #broken