Quotes About Understanding

If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.

I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.

I'm not an 'opponent.' I don't believe I should be treated as an opponent.

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

My mother was an actress in comedies. My father wrote scenarios. They were not opposed to my being an actor. I really didn't know what it meant, but I wanted to be one anyway.

I think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff.

I'm not opposed to talking with anyone who is willing to talk.

To think in terms of what the effect of a story is going to be, as opposed to trying to discover its inner logic, is one of the fundamental dangers in the process.

I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.

Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

If you fall in love with someone gay and you're the opposite gender, it's not going to work.

In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.

It is very important to have deep friendships of the opposite sex to learn so much about yourself and what you need as a human.

I think we still have a long way to go in understanding that feminist and femininity are not opposites.

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details - the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays - then you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.

Because I have seen oppression, I know what it looks like.

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

Many guys seem to think that his thoughts and feelings are always right and always the best option. I think I am the same kind of guy.