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An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes. ↗

— Richard Russo

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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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