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Letter "M" » misunderstood
«I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said»
Author: Alan Greenspan
| Keywords:
clear, guess, misunderstood, out to, particularly, turn out, warn
«I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.»
Author: Audre Lorde
(Activist, Poet, Teacher)
| Keywords:
bruised, misunderstood, over again, over and over, over and over again, shared, verbal
«I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.»
«I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.»
«More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.»
Author: Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.
| Keywords:
battlefield, battlefields, English language, factor, misunderstood, Pentagon, screwed, the English, The Pentagon, up on
«It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.»
«It ain't just a question of misunderstood, Deep down inside him, he's no good»
« I have been misunderstood perhaps more than anyone else ever, but it has not affected me, for the simple reason that there is no desire to be understood. It is their problem if they don't understand, it is not my problem. If they misunderstand, it is their problem and their misery. I am not going to waste my sleep because millions of people are misunderstanding me. »
Author: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
affected, millions, misery, misunderstand, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstood, simple People, understood, waste
«I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Expectation
| Keywords:
genuine, irrespective, misunderstood, projection, projections
«Is it so bad to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
Copernicus, flesh, Galileo, Luther, misunderstood, Pythagoras, Socrates
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