#understand

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#american family #book #destroyed #family #had

I just wish I could understand my father. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#could #father #i #just #understand

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#business #could #family #i #i do

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#beer #beers #bought #drink #drinking

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#each #either #europeans #i #less

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. ↗

— Joan Jett

#being #being happy #concentrating #happy #having

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear. ↗

— Ma Jian

#chinese #chinese people #could #crushed #fear

Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#basically #because #began #bodies #contribute

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#i #manipulation #most #painting #power

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#andy #constitution #i #i am #interprets