I Realized Quotes

• I realized that it's insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose-but only 100% of the time. How do I know that the wind should blow? It's blowing!

  Byron Katie

  Time, Blow, Winning

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

  Peter O'Toole

  Religious, Atheist, Talking

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• I realized with grief that purposeless activities in language arts are probably the burial grounds of language development and that coffins can be found in most classrooms, including mine.

  Mem Fox

  Education, Art, Grief

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• When I was little, like Maleficent, I was told that I was different - and I felt out of place, and too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. And then one day I realized something, something I hope you all realize. Different is good.

  Angelina Jolie

  Fire, Sitting Still, One Day

  Angelina Jolie's speech at the Kids' Choice Awards, time.com. March 29, 2015.

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• I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd never be a technical electronic musician.

  Anna Meredith

  Important, Musician, Crafts

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.

  Ben Fountain

  Writing, Trying, Honest

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• I really had to decide why I was writing. I had no interest in going back to law; I very briefly - for about six hours - considered going to get my MBA, but in the end, I realized that the only work I really wanted to do was write.

  Ben Fountain

  Writing, Law, Mba

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn't attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it's not about waging a war against everybody's disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.

  Bernie Siegel

  Mother, War, Disease

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• When I started studying the issue and issues related to fatherlessness, I realized I had all of them. Fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, poor work ethic, just stuff that you don't have when you don't have a man in your life to look you in the eye and say, "You're good," or "Good job."

  Donald Miller

  Jobs, Commitment, Eye

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When I started having a couple of beers and loosening up, I realized how many years I had wasted going back to my hotel room alone when I could have gone and just had a beer or two.

  Bradford Cox

  Couple, Beer, Years

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and I wanted to be a part of it.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Fun, Character, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these lots talked about themselves. The greatest artists, they didn't sing; they only spoke.

  Benjamin Clementine

  Writing, Artist, Bob

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot of Hollywood was offering me fairly cheesy projects.

  DJ Shadow

  Block, Kids, Offering

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I tried to make a list of films where there's two men and one woman and I realized there's films like this everywhere.

  Louis Garrel

  Men, Two, Lists

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my head that my mom made - that was the first time I was ever on stage singing in front of anybody. I realized that I was one of the best acts of the night but I didn't give singing much thought after that. I was really into playing baseball.

  Gonjasufi

  Mom, Baseball, Night

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, "Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?" But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?

  Bethany Cosentino

  Beach, Hate, Cat

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• After I finished the Tycoons - on post-Civil War development - I realized how much I didn't know about the first half of the century, even though there had obviously been an enormous amount of development, so I read about and thought about that for a couple of years before I decided I was ready for a book.

  Charles R. Morris

  Couple, War, Book

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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• Memories were in my mind during nearly all the concerts I've done, and I realized the deep connection to my childhood, when I went out in the morning and the only thing my mom said was, "Come back before dark." What trust and what freedom!

  Volker Bertelmann

  Mom, Morning, Memories

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When I first walked through the doors of Rex Club, I realized that I didn't have to travel to raves outside the city to enjoy techno.

  Pedro Winter

  Doors, Cities, Firsts

  "Pedro Winter/Ed Banger". Interview with Heiko Hoffmann, pitchfork.com. July 8, 2008.

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• When I read the script [of Good Kill], it read like a science fiction film. And Andrew [writer/director Andrew Niccol] is known for sci-fi. But when I spoke to him, he said this picture was 100% factual, which blew my mind. I realized then how little I knew about the drone program. And I felt that, if I knew so little about it, there must be others who should be educated about what's going on.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Mind, Scripts, Directors

  Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• At the age of 50, I did "Celebrity Fit Club" and I had to get on a scale and be weighed in front of everyone. I felt like I was naked and for the first time, there was nowhere to hide. I felt like I could finally be myself. It was really cathartic, and I realized I could share my mistakes. I could tell my story and not be ashamed, and show others with these same problems that they aren't alone.

  Maureen McCormick

  Mistake, Age, Stories

  "Maureen McCormick: 'I hit rock bottom'". Interview with Al Roker, www.today.com. October 14, 2008.

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• When I was writing the book, I thought "Who wants to hear another story about some actor who lost his way?" But my story is a little unique in that I realized when I was 14 years old that I was different. I think a lot of gay people use drugs and alcohol to quell that fear and shame - especially people of my age.

  Leslie Jordan

  Book, Writing, Gay

  "Candid Q & A with gay icon Leslie Jordan". Today Interview, www.today.com. July 16, 2008.

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• I realized I never played a character that was skilled at anything, or skilled at anything that I couldn't become skilled at.

  Jonah Hill

  Character

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. September 21, 2011.

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• I chose the songs for the music more than for the lyrical content and it wasn't until the end of the recording and when we were trying to decide running order that I realized how sad a lot of the songs could sound.

  Vashti Bunyan

  Running, Song, Order

  Source: pitchfork.com

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