I Realized Quotes - Page 14

• Why is it that when I did a weird dress in the past, people were like, 'Oh, it's niche,' and why when I do a pair of jeans that are super cool, it's much more accessible, but I enjoy doing it? I enjoy the mix of those two things. I realized that quite late, actually. I'm going to really try to express those two things at the same time, because this is me.

  Nicolas Ghesquiere

  Past, People, Trying

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• I'm pretty self-conscious, so I tend to work in a way where I say what I need to say and get out rather than revisit things. It's kind of a collage style. I realized that it had more emotional weight that way. I'll always be in the developmental stages as far as being a songwriter.

  Neko Case

  Emotional, Style, Kind

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• Virginia Mayo had kind of a small role in The Best Years of Our Lives, but you got the whole character in one scene. Where are those parts? I was talking to somebody about great actors: Morgan Freeman's name came up, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington. And I realized, there're no black actresses. Where's there a black actress who's been extremely successful in the past 10 years?

  Laura Dern

  Character, Successful, Past

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• I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized that in lobbying I could do things politically that were interesting to me and do some what I thought would be good. I'm not sure it all turned out like that, but at least that was some of the initial thinking.

  Jack Abramoff

  Thinking, Interesting, Lobbyists

  "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. April 3, 2012.

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• I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot.

  Amy Adams

  Letting Go, Hogwash, Superstitions

  "Amy Adams Interview LEAP YEAR". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. January 3, 2010.

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• I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

  Isabel Allende

  Stories

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• Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.

  Fiona Apple

  Stronger, Done, Vulnerable

  "New Again: Fiona Apple". Interview with Colleen Kelsey and Tracey Pepper, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Beauty, Forgiveness, Ifs

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• During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Roots, Needs, Causes

  "Interview with Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women". Interview, www.un.org. December 3, 2012.

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• My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Character, Reality

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• The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

  Jean-Michel Basquiat

  People, Black, Painting

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• One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Giving, One Day

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May 2006.

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• I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.

  David Bowie

  New York, Would Be, Strange

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• Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Years, Guy

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• I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.

  Orson Scott Card

  Ideas, Important, Magazines

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• For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends.

  Jim Carrey

  School, Shells, Kind

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• 'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.

  Eric Clapton

  Father, Eye, Son

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• I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was.

  Hillary Clinton

  Years, Pennsylvania, Pressure

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• My father was and is a great journalist. Thirty years ago, I was studying broadcasting in college, and the problem was I wasn't nearly as good as my father. I wasn't as quick or as smart as my old man, and I realized it would be a long time before I was ever going to be, and I decided to do something else.

  George Clooney

  Father, Smart, College

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• I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Cutting, Creative, Film

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• I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan.

  John Cusack

  Girl, Home, Acting

  "Being John Cusack". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. November 23, 2009.

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• I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I realized that I hadn't done it.

  Claire Danes

  Kids, Done, Littles

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• One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Mistake, School, Years

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

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• I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Being The Best, Used, Feels

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• I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

  Eminem

  Moderation, Know How, Knows

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