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The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. ↗

— Voltaire

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Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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I've never understood having crushes on people who you don't know in real life. ↗

— Emma Watson

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Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. ↗

— Gerard Way

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I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. ↗

— Lil Wayne

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I like being misunderstood. ↗

— Lil Wayne

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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. ↗

— Peter Weir

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In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong. ↗

— William Weld

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