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“When people can't use you, they ridicule what you represent. I was lucky that I understood that, because when one does not understand that, it is very easy to be broken and to be subdued.”

People Doe Use Easy Broken Lucky Understood Ridicule

Author:Wangari Maathai

“For me, I wanted somebody that got me musically, that understood that I'm an artist and this is who I am. I'm not going to be like another artist on your label, probably - hopefully. I found all those things with the Broken Bow group.”

Wanted Artist Found Groups Broken Understood Who I Am Hopefully Labels Bows

Author:Joe Nichols

“Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it “good as new.” But the tea masters understood that by repairing the broken bowl with the distinct beauty of radiant gold, they could create an alternative to “good as new” and instead employ a “better than new” aesthetic. They understood that a conspicuous, artful repair actually adds value. Because after mending, the bowl's unique fault lines were transformed into little rivers of gold that post repair were even more special because the bowl could then resemble nothing but itself.”

Way Trying Littles Values Lines Special Masters Broken Unique Understood Rivers Gold Add Faults Alternatives Tea Posts Aesthetic Transformed Bowls Radiant Mending Repairing Broken Things

Author:Teresita Fernandez

“One of the things is that I've been very comfortable in every situation starting ministry in the inner city and ministering in places - Washington, D.C., feeding the homeless, the hurting, going to broken boys and girls. So culturally I understood all different aspects of life - from extremely wealthy to extreme poverty, socioeconomic differences, ethnic differences.”

“Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of time before time, she says little, and in a language that no one has yet understood. Through time, her secret codes have gradually been broken. Her mud and lava is a message from the past. Of time to come, she says much, but who listens?”

Littles Earth Past Language Secret Records Happened Broken Messages Understood Ancient Code Mud Lava

Book:Weight

Source: Weight

“Now I wish she'd never broken any of her rules. I understood why she held to them so hard. Once you broke the first one, they all broke, one by one, like firecrackers exploding in your face in a parking lot on the Fourth of July.”

Firsts Hard Faces Wish Broken Understood Broke Your Face Fourth July Parking Exploding Parking Lot Oleanders Firecracker

Author:Janet Fitch

“Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists.”

Heart Broken Understood Perfectly Good

Book:Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate

Source: Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate