#understand

What people don't understand is joining a gang ain't bad, it's cool, it's fine. When you in the hood, joining a gang it's cool because all your friends are in the gang, all your family's in the gang. We're not just killing people every night, we're just hanging out, having a good time. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#because #cool #every #every night #family

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed. ↗

— Bob Dole

#cultivate #deserve #moral #name #names

As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein and his regime are history, it is my hope that they will get behind the coalition effort to help them create a democratic government and rebuild their country. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#better #coalition #country #create #democratic

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. ↗

— Rita Dove

#art #complained #could #fail #failed

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#always #amazed #attraction #both #celebrity

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#i #other #running #than #towards

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#deprivation #got #i #kids #level

An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#international #leads #long #long run #motivated

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#customer #fits #him #itself #know

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#christmas #expecting #fell #first #friend