"We'd buy an entire business if we understood it and the price was right, " he said.
And we understood from day one the potential enormity of this crisis and acted accordingly.
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We understood that women would have to gain experience, work our way up, pay our dues.
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But we understood that we were going to have to do some big things.
As I said from the start, we understood that this could be really bad.
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We understood that the time was coming for the German problem to be addressed.
"We understood that unless you sing in English you will just be considered a novelty, " he said.
When we formed this we understood that we had averted the worst possibilities of a Great Depression.
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Like many social entrepreneurs, we understood early on that technology was the key to scaling our business.
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It was appropriate that they were engaged and we understood their perspective as we undertook our work.
"Without explaining why or how, we understood each others anxieties, " she said in reference to their shared Jewish heritage.
"We understood the situation and we could not continue like this, " he added.
We understood that organized terrorism is not just a law-enforcement issue, but a strategic threat to the United States.
We understood that it was a risk for us to promote these discussions.
And in 2008, we understood that that compact seemed like it was eroded.
And so we had new eyes that were opened up as we understood life now from a Biblical world view.
We did it because we understood this will make us all richer.
And we understood that the road to recovery would not be easy.
We got involved and engaged because we understood there were challenges that had been building up over decades that had to be attended to.
So we understood that it was going to take more than one year, or one term, or even one President to meet these challenges.
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Some of us could barely complete a thought without touch pads or scroll buttons, but we understood that high-speed data systems did not belong here.
And what we understood then was we had to work hard to get back to that basic bargain, that basic deal that built this country.
These folks understood that and, more importantly, we understood it, too.
It was clear to us, once we understood how entrepreneurs approach uncertainty, that this was the perfect way of preparing for an uncertain economic future.
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"We understood it would have to be cheap and that voice would be key -- because people are not comfortable with reading and writing, " he said.
The more we talked to large companies such as Toyota, the more we understood how salesforce.com was serving as a guide into the Age of Context.
We understood clearly how technology had changed, but we confess we neglected just how m uch it had changed them: the people to whom we were marketing.
The summer of 2012 may be remembered as the turning point when we understood the urgency of the issue and began to take action to solve it.
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So we understood that Afghanistan is a dangerous place, that the Taliban is still active, and that there are still going to be events like this on occasion.
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