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We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things. -- Kathy Acker
I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern... I'm pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular. -- Simon Cowell
Herd immunity is, it turns out, not incredibly easy to understand. It took me quite a bit of reading before I fully grasped it. But understanding herd immunity is essential to understanding why we vaccinate the way we do. -- Eula Biss
I fear falling in love and understanding why. -- Dominic Riccitello
I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people. -- Volker Bertelmann
I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat. -- J. K. Rowling
Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place. -- Simon Sinek
There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding. -- Confucius
Some people erroneously believe that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members are not Christian. We have difficulty understanding why anyone could accept and promote an idea that is so far from the truth. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
The thing I remember the most was not understanding why, if you were doing the right thing, then why did people want to kill you? I remember asking my parents, 'Why is it when people are trying to help other people then they're dying?' -- Sandra Bullock
I certainly do believe anyone engaged in the management of money should have a standard of measurement, and that both he and the party whose money is managed should have a clear understanding why it is the appropriate standard, what time period should be utilized, etc. -- Warren Buffett
I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without mingling those two ways of seeing life. -- Philippe Petit
I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why. -- Christopher Walken
We need to have an understanding of what causes what to happen in the world, and why. -- Clayton Christensen
To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do. -- Jamie Dornan
Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why. -- Mia Wasikowska
If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?' -- Mary J. Blige
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. -- Stephen Hawking
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons. -- Toni Morrison
There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. -- Ryszard Kapuscinski
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. -- Jacob Bronowski
To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things. -- Alice Sebold
The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why. -- Michael Sandel
Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her. -- Charles Kennedy
I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization. -- Serj Tankian
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening. -- Roger Rosenblatt
Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not. -- Clayton Christensen
From the age of 12, I had an understanding that singing was something I loved to do more than anything, and I did say to myself, 'Why not?' But there were definitely some doubts along the way. -- Patty Griffin
The first thing I didn't understand was my life. It's a mystery. And today I don't understand economy or politics. I don't know why politics or economy are destroying the world, but I will understand after understanding. -- Alejandro Jodorowsky
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it. -- K. D. Lang
Understanding why is never enough. -- Lucy Freeman
Understanding why something happened does not help to reduce the problem. -- Richard Bandler
Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs. -- Daniel H. Pink
Life Is Just Understanding, people Just Running but why they Run? They don't know -- Sushil Singh
Understanding what and why did not work may be more instructive than celebrating our successes. -- Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
Why this fuss about understanding women?! It's so simple. All we want is everything, no compromises. -- Shweta Bhatnagar
I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
Understanding is a lot like sex; it's got a practical purpose, but that's not why people do it normally. -- Frank Oppenheimer
It is common understanding that communication is at the heart of any organisation. So, why have organisational models not evolved accordingly? -- Miguel Reynolds Brandao
Knowledge is not power, it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power. Understanding why and when to apply that knowledge is wisdom! -- Takeda Shingen
Now I understand why you grow so many flowers."She shifted her head, not understanding.I said, "To cover the stink of sulphur. -- John Fowles
We don't understand each other. That's why there are so many bad things happening; a lot of it has to do with not understanding. -- Jeppe Hein
For the understanding of a picture a chair is needed. Why a chair? To prevent the legs, as they tire, from interfering with the mind -- Paul Klee
Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding. -- Tamora Pierce
I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe. -- Murray Gell-Mann
We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason! -- Jerry A. Coyne
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses. -- Margaret Bourke-White
Be warned that being an expert is more than understanding how a system is supposed to work. Expertise is gained by investigating why a system doesn't work. -- Brian Redman
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Why then should women be denied the benefits of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God almighty would never have given them capacities. -- Daniel Defoe
Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good"?and amazingly underutilized"?resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences. -- John Green
Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding. Why? What in God's name did they want of me? -- Daniel Keyes

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