Frank Lloyd Wright
Architect
"Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union."
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Misunderstood
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood."
Graham Kendrick
Musician, Songwriter
"Worship has been misunderstood as something that arises from a feeling which "comes upon you," but it is vital that we understand that it is rooted in a conscious act of the will, to serve and obey the Lord Jesus Christ."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"I live in terror of not being misunderstood."
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"I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
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"Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?"
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"A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act."
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"I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood."
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"Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time."
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"Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world."
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"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?"
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"My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast."
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"Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death."
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"The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood."
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"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
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"Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god."
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"I like being misunderstood."
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"If you can't detect the sarcasm you've misunderstood."
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"For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the least understood and most misunderstood Americans of us all."
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"Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood."
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"The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid."
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"What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like."
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"There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it."
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"If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood."
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