#interpret

I study history in order to give an interpretation. ↗

— Oliver Stone

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Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality. ↗

— Tom Petty

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I've made this decision not to talk to the press about anything that's gone on in my life, but just to write music about it. They can interpret it themselves. ↗

— Bijou Phillips

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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence. ↗

— Jeremiah Day

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Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. ↗

— Susan Sontag

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Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. ↗

— George Gallup

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Because for me, '60s pop music is amongst the most complicated or complex music because it has so many resonances which strike you. The music itself is often simple, but the way that I interpret it, or the way I think it's interpreted culturally, is very complex. ↗

— Tim Gane

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