Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will."
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Understand Me
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Gracie Allen
Actress, Comedian
"Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible."
Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"I have no time for things that have no soul."
Charlie Chaplin
Actor, Filmmaker, Composer
"They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you because no one understands you."
Sylvia Plath
Poet, Novelist
"I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn."
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"That so few understand me is why I am treasured."
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"The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me."
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"Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little?"
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"I'm regarded quite asexually by a lot of people. And the people that understand me the best are nearer to what I understand about me."
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"I understand men much better than most women I know."
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"Everyone likes me, yet nobody understands me."
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"Why is it that no one understands me and everybody likes me"
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"Please do not understand me too quickly."
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"I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I felt about things. I guess that's why I started writing. At least on paper I could put down what I thought."
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