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Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Life
World
Simple
Clever
Consequences
Enough
Our
Release
We Cannot
Comprehend
New
Primitive
Forces
Terrific
Attuned
Brain
Cave
New World
Middle
Cannot
Which
Stand
Disposal
Whose
Here
'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.
Algernon Sidney
Man
Master
Unless
One-Man
Comprehend
Come
Equal
Force
Himself
How
Tis
Hard
Many
Right
Consent
The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.
Anthony Hopkins
Time
Strange
Illusion
Every
Magical
Comprehend
Supernatural
Force
Us
Strange Thing
Even
Thing
Second
Every Second
I have altogether failed to comprehend as to how undue pride or vain-gloriousness could ever stand in the way of a man believing in God.
Bhagat Singh
God
Man
Pride
Way
Comprehend
Could
Failed
Altogether
How
Stand
Ever
Believing
Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.
Brian P. Cleary
Funny
Words
Joke
Enjoy
Funny Story
Kids
Laughing
Find
Bored
About
Comprehend
Something
More
Seldom
Adult
Also
Because
Understand
Questions
Often
Story
Ask
I hate graffiti. It's not yours - don't draw on it! Is it that hard to comprehend?
Chad Michael Murray
Hate
Draw
Comprehend
Hard
Yours
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.
Charles Inglis
Happiness
Wisdom
Government
Better
Before
Duty
Considered
Comprehend
Only
Attained
Human
Which
Explain
Human Happiness
Us
Should
Means
Injunction
If the history of resistance to Darwinian thinking is a good measure, we can expect that long into the future, long after every triumph of human thought has been matched or surpassed by 'mere machines,' there will still be thinkers who insist that the human mind works in mysterious ways that no science can comprehend.
Daniel Dennett
Future
Good
History
Science
Mind
Will
Thought
Insist
Long
Every
Thinking
Ways
Machines
Has-Been
Darwinian
Comprehend
Triumph
Mysterious
Mere
Matched
Still
Been
Expect
Human
The History Of
After
Human Mind
Measure
Who
Works
Human Thought
Thinkers
Resistance
It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.
Dav Pilkey
Me
Hate
Humor
Reading
Too
Books
Kids
Find
Comprehend
Take
Wrong
Stuff
Sophisticated
Ideas
Make
Read
Forever
Get
Often
Irresistible
Wanted
Decided
Used
Hard
Who
Captain
Challenging
The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself.
Dee Brown
Life
Paradise
Resources
Earth
Destroy
East
Indian
Indians
Comprehend
Determined
Could
Knew
Well
Equated
Were
Itself
America
Why
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the new things that are thrown at me. It also allows me to sleep well so that I am rested when I need to perform. Finally, being healthy will hopefully allow me to live a long and fun-filled life.
Derrick Rose
Life
Me
Will
Degree
Long
Healthy
New Things
Live
Complete
Finally
High
Hopefully
Rested
Comprehend
Lifestyle
Thrown
Allow
Perform
New
Also
Well
Am
Brain
Very
Being
Function
Things
Need
Sleep
The blessings of the priesthood transcend our ability to comprehend.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Priesthood
Our
Ability
Comprehend
Blessings
Transcend
In order to be discipled by others a person must have a trusting heart, one that listens even when it doesn't fully comprehend or see the end result.
Ed Townsend
Heart
Result
Others
Must
See
Comprehend
End
Trusting
End Result
Person
Listens
Order
Fully
Even
Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Great
Relationship
Simple
Discipline
Old
Mine
Rigor
Comprehend
Divinity
Person
Trying
Personal
Human
Just
Personal Relationship
Story
Her
I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.
Eva Longoria
Myself
Me
Constitution
People
Important
Active
Think
Sides
Way
Comprehend
Both
Both Sides
Studying
Democrat
Also
Understand
Been
Politically
Who
Right
I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.
Gary Hume
Writing
Job
Thought
Few
Difficult
Lasted
Else
Incredibly
Bit
Would
Someone
Comprehend
Write
Make
Got
Editor
How
Am
Years
Going
Which
Really
Film
Found
Assistant
What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.
Harvey Keitel
Me
Words
Better
Later
About
Someone
Comprehend
He
Him
Mostly
Read
Understand
Hired
His
Years
Mickey
Literature
Help
Fascinated
He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
Jack Nicklaus
Better
Try
Dedication
Comprehend
Had
He
Talent
Know
Learn
How
Doing
Lot
Get
Much
Organized
I'm looking forward to working for the 'Tribune' because any company that can invest in the Chicago Cubs has a view of the future we cannot begin to comprehend.
Jeff MacNelly
Future
Looking
We Cannot
Comprehend
Invest
Looking Forward
Because
Cubs
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Begin
Any
Cannot
Working
View
Forward
Company
As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.
Jeffrey Kluger
Time
You
Experience
People
World
Reading
Become
Adequately
Those
Complexity
Out
Ability
Scary
Comprehend
Only
Real
Lot
Real People
Quite
The Real World
Real World
Subtlety
Moving
Moving Out
Acquire
Skills
Actually
I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.
Jo Brand
You
Single
Own
Admiration
Comprehend
Simply
How
Mothers
Intensity
Lack
Breaks
Your
Ever
Cope
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
John Cheever
Will
Power
Our
Danger
Say
Possess
Hideous
Must
Ability
Comprehend
Only
Write
Am
Role
Going
Inform
Literature
Us
Nuclear
Consciousness
Nuclear Power
Last
I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.
Jonathan Anderson
Man
Difficult
Think
Society
Ways
Bizarre
Find
See
Seeing
Comprehend
Between
Boundary
Parts
Very
Which
Body
Fascinating
Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
Jules Verne
Health
You
Man
Constitution
Matter
Negative
Rage
Difficult
Starvation
Hunger
Purely
Comprehend
Only
Sooner
Understand
Becomes
His
Than
Meaning
Meaning Of
Really
Suffer
Peculiar
You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!
Lewis Tappan
You
Joy
Language
Own
Address
Comprehend
Color
Could
Heard
Friendly
May
African
Manifested
Them
Poor
Manner
Imagine
Few parents are aware of the difficulties that beset the minds of the little philosophers and theologians who sit upon their knees or play at their feet; and many a parent could not comprehend the disturbance, if he were aware of it.
Lucy Larcom
Parents
Sit
Few
Difficulties
Philosophers
Minds
Disturbance
Comprehend
Parent
Could
He
Knees
Feet
Were
Little
Theologians
Who
Many
Aware
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