But, in some ways, he may have understood me better than anyone.
Trans people are forced to make such judgment calls all the time — our survival depends on it.
Sesaeiah was one of the only people who may have understood what Rohith was going through.
They may have understood Mr. Sweet's rules, but they also needed him to know that they were not like any other Outward Bound group he'd ever seen.
Dewey, also, may have understood that agenda, and known, from the moment Capote arrived in town, that a hero was what the author needed.
Renzi, by contrast, may have understood the success of Grillo's movement better than its own leader did: Italians wanted change, and fast.
Not every viewer may have understood that this was the artist's way of critiquing the macho narcotraficante culture of her native state, which has brought with it uncounted acts of violence, including hundreds of murders each year.
Phuong may have understood what was going on around her better than either of her Western suitors, said Hai Yen, a 19-year-old ballerina who plays her in the film.
But his solicitors' letter last week said: "Contrary to what you may have understood, there is no formal protocol or procedure in place for an appeal against the decision of the bishop".
Our forebears may have understood the virtues of checked and balanced government, freedom of the press, presumptions of innocence and the rule of law – but they also held unreconstructed views about women and race.
And while Malchow was among the first political operatives to see the use of applying consumer and census data to voter profiles, Viguerie, now 70, may have understood the true value of a name before anyone else in contemporary politics.
