#understand

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics. ↗

— Joe Sakic

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Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables. ↗

— John Salazar

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In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. ↗

— Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

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The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it. ↗

— George Santayana

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Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. ↗

— George Santayana

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