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We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

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It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East. ↗

— Dennis Ross

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Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. ↗

— Maimonides

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Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything. ↗

— Maimonides

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It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

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When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

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