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'Arcadia' is obviously a play that's got interesting things in it that are perhaps quite hard to grasp.
Kids grasp what you teach them, from crawling to walking, for everything they look up to their parents.
Sometimes, the things we think are so simple but not so easy to grasp are the things that work the best.
I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
A writer could spend years reading already-published books just to gain a grasp of the historical terrain.
What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.
I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.
I write from the perspective of an early 20s kid who is trying to grasp an idea of what the hell is going on.
Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.
I've tried so far to learn as much as possible. I think I've got a good grasp of what a hockey GM needs to do.
What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.
The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.
If our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it.
Americans know that we cannot tax and spend our way out of a recession, yet Democrats can't grasp this simple fact.
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.
Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.
I just can't grasp the concept of sleeping outside with insects when I have a beautiful home with a really comfy bed!
Venice is incredible. Although you may have seen it in pictures, you can't grasp how beautiful it is until you visit.
I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
With concerted effort, I can follow written instructions, but don't ask me to simply grasp how to operate a smartphone.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
With work increasingly invisible, it's much harder to grasp the human effects, the social contours, of the Internet economy.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
No one in the Indian team gave me tips, but I should be mature enough to grasp little things by watching them train and play.
I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
The Hindu religions gave me the impression of a vast well into which one plunges in order to grasp the reflection of the sun.
The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
If science can help us have the same quality of life we enjoyed when we were much younger, we should grasp it with both hands.
Children's literature - the product of adult guesswork - often fails to account for its audience's slippery grasp on the world.
I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay.
Those in leadership positions who fail to grasp or use the power of stories risk failure for their companies and for themselves.
If you are a regular at Manchester United, I think you should grasp the opportunity to stay here and become part of the history.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
I'm writing music that people can grasp and hold on to... something that resonates. If you don't have that, then you have nothing.
Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke.
I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.
The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
America needs to fully grasp the lessons learned from our history of fighting radical jihadists. There have been successes and failures.
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.