For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing the symptoms.
GIS, in its digital manifestation of geography, goes beyond just the science. It provides us a framework and a process for applying geography. It brings together observational science and measurement and integrates it with modeling and prediction, analysis, and interpretation so that we can understand things.
While easy to understand, the income-based poverty line has limitations. Specifically, the median monthly household income measures only income without considering assets.
It is not possible to completely eliminate mediation between you as an observer and the history you are trying to understand.
However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.
We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.
I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
Britain is just a melting pot for every culture. Like a pot for every culture around the world mixed into one. Artists over here understand that more.
I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
One thing about Indonesians is that a lot of them, even if they don't understand English, have absolutely no problem memorizing English songs. Even my dad.
I make my money off of touring and merchandise. And I'm lucky I have really loyal fans that understand how it works and support.
It's a disease we have that we think that everything is explainable. It's a merchandising idea because you can sell explanations and cures for everything, but it doesn't work like that. It's very hard to understand everything.
I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.
You don't have to be a believer in Jesus Christ to be a gracious individual and understand that everybody messes up and that most are looking for a second chance.
So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world.
When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.
What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.