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Knowing is the easy part; saying it out loud is the hard part.

— Tom Booker · The Horse Whisperer

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Realizing something inwardly is simple next to the harder job of putting it into words for someone else. The speaker is pointing at the gap between private understanding and spoken honesty, and how much courage it takes to close it.

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