"We fear only what we havenâ€™t understood."

-- Byron Katie

#Understood Quotes

“It is hard to notice age in those who dream.”

Source : Charles Plymell (2000). “Hand on the Doorknob: A Charles Plymell Reader”
“The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.”

Source : Richard Wagner (1900). “Opera and Drama”, p.122, U of Nebraska Press
“American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.”

Source : Upton Sinclair (2015). “The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism”, p.150, Open Road Media
“Don't spend money on gear. Spend it on plane tickets.”
“Falling in love is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world. Its a feeling that you cannot resist and a feeling that you can almost never forget. Being touched by the feeling of love is the most memorable of all.”
“You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, its hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.”

Source : "Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Steve Mirsky, www.scientificamerican.com. December 20, 2010.
“The first thing you do is sit down with your wife and say something like this, Honey, I've made a terrible mistake. I've given you my role. I gave up leading this family. ... I'm not suggesting that you ask for your role back, I'm urging you to take it back ... Be sensitive. Listen. Treat the lady gently and lovingly. But lead!”
“I had an epiphany: I was a loser.”

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