#understand

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#africa #arms #bird #cover #everybody

I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#appalled #been #believe #feminism #global

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#equipped #everything #going #how #just

It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#how #important #into #investment #people

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#earth #encounter #full #great #greenpeace

The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the people he would like to have perform, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. ↗

— Julie London

#asked #choice #enough #fortunate #had

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future. ↗

— LaToya London

#career #end #forward #future #go

Folks never understand the folks they hate. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#hate #never #understand

If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think that people really walk away with a real understanding of the issues. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#coffee #comes #discussion #goes #group

Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#categories #color #difficult #fascinating #find