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I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations. -- Sienna Miller
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be. -- Norman Vincent Peale
You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn't have that. -- William Scranton
Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and end in a winner-take-all situation. -- James Surowiecki
Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. -- J. Donald Walters
Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind. -- Nate Mendel
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Correct meditation means correctly understanding your situation moment by moment - what are you doing now? Only do it! Then, each action is complete; each action is enough. Then no thinking, so each moment I can perceive everything just like this. -- Seung Sahn
It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be. -- Chris Van Hollen
1926 was the most significant year. Looking back, it seems that it was not just a year in the sense of time. It was a year of great realisation or awareness. It seems to me that at certain times of the history of man, the understanding of certain situations ripens. -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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. -- Steven Pinker
There are situations where the best solution still doesn't make everyone happy. The trick is understanding what's best. -- Ziad K. Abdelnour
The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact. -- Daniel Kahneman

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