Being lieutenant governor is sort of like being invited into everyone's living room, and you just get an understanding of the state.
Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.
Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.
If you're in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what's going on around you.
What does it take to be a great social chronicler? Perhaps one of the key attributes is an understanding of what it feels like to fall from grace.
In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
The Barcelona players have reached an amazing mutual understanding that they can play with their eyes closed.
Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.
As a researcher, every once in a while you encounter something a little disconcerting. And this is something that changes your understanding of the world around you, and teaches you that you're very wrong about something that you really believed firmly in.
Your understanding of what you read and hear is, to a very large degree, determined by your vocabulary, so improve your vocabulary daily.
I spent so many years not understanding my own gender identity and not having the language for it, and not having those conversations, that now I'm so eager to talk about it. Then I learn more about myself and other people.
I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyer's mentality.