I Realized Quotes - Page 39

• When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.

  Camilla Belle

  Fashion, Art, Years

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• I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Beautiful, Yoga, Thinking

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• When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

  Fantasia Barrino

  Teacher, Dad, Reading

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• When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.

  Rick Baker

  Real, Sight, Years

  "Master makeup artist Rick Baker on “An American Werewolf in London” and “Men in Black III”". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. September 26, 2011.

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• Happy Days was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were watching their parents grow up and the parents were watching themselves grow up. That was the key to the success of our show.

  Tom Bosley

  Growing Up, Kids, Keys

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• I was on a show called '12 Miles of Bad Road' with Lily Tomlin - it was an incredible HBO show. We shot 6 episodes, previewed it before the finale of 'The Sopranos;' it was written up as a 'Great New Show on HBO,' and then the whole thing was canned. Gone. Disappeared. That's when I realized anything can happen in this business.

  Eliza Coupe

  Hbo, Gone, Lilies

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything.

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy

  Country, Determination, Skills

  "What's the Best Way To Impress a Guy? Dancing with the Stars' Sexy Maksim Chmerkovskiy Spills the Secret!" by Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2012.

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• Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.

  Vikram Chatwal

  Careers, Banking, Path

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• As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake.

  Eric Allin Cornell

  Mistake, Chinese, Literature

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• I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity.

  Julian Castro

  Dream, School, Opportunity

  Julian Castro's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

  Kenny Chesney

  Artist, Names, Get Better

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• I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Cute, People, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off!

  Peter Diamandis

  School, Years, Organization

  "X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future". Interview with Ted Greenwald, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.

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• I was an extroverted kid and performed, like, acting and singing. Then, the older I got, I realized I enjoyed performing things that I came up with myself more and I enjoyed making people laugh more than making people cry or think.

  Rob Delaney

  Kids, Thinking, Laughing

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• During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in.

  Ronnie Dunn

  College, Guitar, Bass

  "Ronnie Dunn: Celebrity Art Collector". Interview with Reyne Haines, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2012.

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• Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it.

  Janet Evanovich

  Book, Writing, Years

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• I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage people and give them assignments and hope they will write them.

  Paula Fox

  Writing, Years, Class

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• I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

  Richard Foreman

  Trying, Honest, Being Honest

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• You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

  Anna Gunn

  Girl, Country, Cities

  The AMC Interview, www.amc.com. 2010.

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• The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.

  Ari Graynor

  Stupid, Pilots, Tempting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

  Donald Glover

  Kids, Listening, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.

  Cindy Gallop

  Settling, Attractive, Older Women

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• I realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.

  Cindy Gallop

  Mother, Children, People

  "Women Over 50 Have Sex Drive, Too". Interview with Jincey Lumpkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.

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• I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

  Helen Gahagan Douglas

  Affair, Public Affairs

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• I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.

  Melinda Gates

  College, Goal, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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