“You must not expect to find that people understand what they do.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Tag: understanding
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“A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.” — Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
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“The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because the very becoming a Purist is commonly indicative of some slight degree of weakness, readiness to be offended, or narrowness of understanding of the ends of things.” — John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice Volume 2 (of 3)
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“The great thing about partisanship is you don’t have to spend time understanding the issues to know what side you’re on.” — Ian Bremmer, Twitter (2015-02-15)
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“You’re always going to demonize those who disagree with you and amnesty those who agree with you. But there has to be some measure of understanding that that’s what you’re doing.” — Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In, The New York Times Magazine (2020-06-15)
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“She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.” — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt
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“Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.” — John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
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“Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” — Daniel Handler (as Lemony Snicket), The Bad Beginning
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“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.” — Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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“’When it comes to understanding others,’ I said, ‘we rarely tax our imaginations.’” — Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name
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