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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary.

I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.

I have no problem whatsoever with a kind of political overview or an ideological overview for any of these outlets as long as it's transparent. We know where Breitbart stands, we know where Fox stands, where MSNBC stands. So, people go in with an understanding of that.

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

There were a lot of little triggers that made me realize that life is now; life is happening while we're preoccupied with stupidities. Of course, growing. Of course, becoming a mother and understanding life from another perspective.

My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who's influencing me at any time.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.

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.

We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive.

For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.

We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.

We seem gradually to be groping toward an understanding of the world of subatomic particles, but we really do not know how far we have yet to go in this task.

Read with care, George Orwell's diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics.

I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that they loved me. I learned that they were in a better position to know more about right and wrong than I did from my limited understanding and from my limited experience.

Semantics is about the relation of words to thoughts, but it also about the relation of words to other human concerns. Semantics is about the relation of words to reality - the way that speakers commit themselves to a shared understanding of the truth, and the way their thoughts are anchored to things and situations in the world.

I have never read for entertainment, but rather for understanding and to satisfy my eager curiosity.

Science is an enterprise that should be cherished as an activity of the free human mind. Because it transforms who we are, how we live, and it gives us an understanding of our place in the universe.

Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.

Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.

If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.

Our - our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons.

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character.

Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.

It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

You can use your real identity, or you can use phone numbers for something like WhatsApp, and pseudonyms for something like Instagram. But in any of those you're not just sharing and consuming content, you are also building relationships with people and building an understanding of people.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

In all civilizations we've studied, all cultures that we know of across the Earth and across time have invested some kind of attempt to understanding where where, where they come from, and where they are going.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

I'm just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we're on. We can't have any understanding of it, because we're not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God.

Multicultural stories are really good to help our understanding of other cultures. That's what Martin Luther King is all about.

I was fortunate growing up on the farm. My parents were very understanding and backed me up all the way. They understood how important sports were to me.

One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transparency and understanding regarding the process of selecting teams for the tournament. We think that announcing the results of the RPI ranking on a weekly basis has its benefits.

One of the principal differences between the work that I have done at other places, either as a guest conductor or as a music director, and that of St. Louis is that I feel the biggest potential we have here is that we play the music with the type of emotional understanding that few other orchestras match. So while we're trying to come as close to technical perfection as human beings can, what we're really working on is trying to get the raison d'etre , the reason for being, of that music.

One of the purposes of the tours is to foster understanding between diverse people with an entertaining presentation of their culture and history.

Only by showing attention and understanding to the concerns of all parties can the solutions acceptable to all parties come out as early as possible,

My understanding all along has been that he is very distraught over having lost two of his friends.

My understanding, for governmental entities, is that they are going to be held harmless, so it's really not an issue for the members of Congress and their staffs and the federal government and local governments.

My understanding from the state of Texas is that although Medicaid funding will be available for the victims, there will be no waiver of the state match of Medicaid funds, which is about 39 percent.

My understanding is an agreement was made with IDOT.

My understanding is Carroll worked fewer than 1,000 hours and got a watch. There is a security staff of several hundred who are not full-time.

My understanding is he has been OK'd by the (UF football) coaching staff to play both. That makes me believe they don't want him as a quarterback because they usually don't like those guys to play two sports.

My understanding is it is more aesthetically pleasing as a parking lot.

My understanding is it's a mild strain, and I'll get a couple days off. I'll get treatment and see how everything goes.

My understanding is it's the highest price ever paid for an Inuit sculpture.

My understanding is it was a decision made by Baylor dining services staff, and I've not yet been able to trace it back to any Baylor administrators telling them point-blank to pull the cup.

My understanding is Mick Staton has refused to accept the League of Women Voters. He would not do it and I think, because he has been criticized so much, he's trying to find some other mechanism to make it look like there is a debate.

My understanding is that a direction has been shown toward (resolving the issue).

My understanding is that as of last month the three groups were all pretty much in agreement on the planning documents. We are really excited about that. My understanding is it will be on the horizon very soon.

My understanding is that Exxon, in particular, did fund a variety of small think tanks to generate what amounts to propaganda against understanding of what climate change was doing, the human role in causing it.

My understanding is that he didn't have a weapon when he was arrested,

My understanding is that (Helena) only has one loss. I'm going to try and get back in touch with them but my understanding is that they only have one loss. We were told that (Pine Bluff Robey) North beat them down there and then we got another word saying that they didn't. So, I'll just say that we are in second place right now. But if they slip, we'll just try to get a tie breaker.

My understanding is that he talks with them at some length and it is more than just a hello and goodbye. He asked them about their injuries and hears their stories.

My understanding is that I'm going to be able to go to (Catholic middle schools) St. Joe's and St. Teresa's, and I'll be able to go into those schools and tell them about the athletics and academics, and I don't have to worry about being down there recruiting.

My understanding is that I should have no trouble getting back for spring training. It's a six-month rehab, maybe, and I have a little extra time in there. Hopefully, I should have no trouble coming back from the first day on.

My understanding is that now, after taking soundings, he's thinking about running for leader.

My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on.

My understanding is that Pedro, very frankly, is doubtful.

My understanding is that she camped a fair amount of that time. She also traveled around the country to different places. I believe Ed mentioned San Diego.

My understanding is that the challengers, at least the Republican challengers, will only be witnessing; they will not be directly asking the election officials to challenge voters, but they will be witnessing the process and then reporting any concerns thereafter to election officials,

My understanding is that the deal is not going to close today.

My understanding is that the drafting of the law is a preparatory step to set up a central government department to supervise energy security and clean use.

My understanding is that the last, absolute inventory that was taken -- that surely established where these hard drives were -- was part of the Y2K survey, which would be at the beginning of the year.

My understanding is that the law in New York is very vague when it comes to price gouging.

My understanding is that the law requires the college to bargain with us now in good faith or face legal sanctions. We're looking to forward new highly collaborative problem solving efforts.

My understanding is that there won't be a deal unless he admits he bet on baseball. I thought for years he would never admit it. Now, I don't know.

My understanding is that the single greatest gap is on the Delta Express issue. Management is saying we need to enlarge it, and pilots saying we don't want it at all. That's a pretty big gap, so I'd be surprised if they reach an agreement today.

My understanding is that they are going to ask for permission, but it hasn't happened yet. What I would prefer is that it not be a distraction, period. Our season is not over yet. It's common courtesy.

My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.

My understanding is that this contract has been funded for the current fiscal year, so this is legitimately before us, in my opinion. My concern about adding staff is that you're splitting the chain of command. If it's this board's position to reject this contract for the current fiscal year, then it's incumbent upon us to begin the process of adding to staff.

My understanding is that USAID will continue with an administrator, as it does now.

My understanding is the actions of minor children become the responsibility of parents.

My understanding is the athletic director is going to now, hopefully, put it on the front burner this year. In my personal opinion, they were going to fix football before they fixed basketball. I know a couple of the people are basketball people who gave money to football and that's fine. They gave money to the university.

My understanding is the coroner thought it appropriate that he be given the opportunity to explain his part of the story.

My understanding is the injury was very similar to the Mike Minter injury in the Super Bowl, and to my recollection Mike spent about two months in a cast/boot.

My understanding is they're focusing on everyone who was in the building that day. And if someone had a motive to start a fire and wanted to make it appear that Mark Anderson had started it, around his area is exactly where they'd do it. Mark Anderson had no motive to start the fire and is not responsible for it.

My understanding is they were just having a smoke (in the park), ... Apparently a dispute developed, there was a push, a shove and a shoot.

My understanding is they were No. 1; they beat everybody down south the week before. I think it was a great win; our kids did a good job.

My understanding is things haven't changed with him. It's out of our control as a football program. I don't anticipate having him.

My understanding is we've made no announcements about the U.S. attorney position up there.