#understand

We only understand that which already is within us. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#only #understand #us #which #within

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences. ↗

— James Buchan

#belief #cannot #city #complex #consequences

But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or our struggle against the spread of Communism during the Cold War. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#bit #cold #cold war #communism #during

Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#based #elijah #everything #his #honorable

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#arisen #aspect #been #cultivate #desire

I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with all of their equipment and the incredible amount of technique they have. But there's very little that I think satisfies you intellectually or emotionally. ↗

— Ken Burns

#bass #bass players #become #cult #drummers

There are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn't bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it's hard to see, it's important to understand that these people exist. ↗

— Mia Farrow

#bring #description #exist #hard #important

It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself. ↗

— Rainer W. Fassbinder

#also #beautiful #deeply #difficult #dig

We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation. ↗

— Edward Felten

#anything #conversation #dangerous #discussion #enough

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#been #i #i am #just #me