We got sacked for the first time when we were just 18 and you realise that this whole industry is transient and changeable.
One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it’s not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.
Sometimes an opponent stops breathing, and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet, or they get fidgety. After a while you pick these things up and become more alert to them.
I realise I might pass down an incurable illness to my son, but living based on what might go wrong seems like less and less of a life as I get older. The one thing I can try to control is whether I teach my child to be ruled by anxiety, by fear. That’s something that gets passed down, too.
When you work for someone, you never realise how much you are learning. It is only when you leave and you reflect back on life.
What young men nowadays don’t realise is that ballroom dancing can be such a source of enjoyment.
I was always made to feel that men were desirable because of their masculinity, and for a boy, being feminine was not something you should be proud of. But, I came to realise it’s OK for boys to be feminine, for girls to be masculine and we should all express ourselves however we want.
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
Because I’m training so much, I always have a lot of energy. Once I’ve finished training, I come home and have some down time, and then I realise it’s 12:30 A.M. and I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. That can get annoying.
In your mid-20s, you think you’ll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that’s not going to be the case.
You dream about winning since a kid and when you get that first win it took some time to realise it. But once I realised it, it was so cool.
Mumbai Indians will strive to build on our proud legacy of giving youngsters a platform to showcase their talent and realise their true potential.
Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense.
I’m massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don’t really realise that.
I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
The trolls don’t realise that they are actually helping me become more popular, and in return, I am helping them grab a celebrity’s attention. I think my trolls and I are very good friends.
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can’t leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.
You get a realisation at some point in your career that whatever it is you do, you can no longer continue to do it. You just realise you can’t put out the same records forever.
Having my own family has made me realise there’s more to life than chasing the next job.
I hear my own daughters talking about big companies polluting the environment, and then I realise they are talking about companies of which one I am running. But when I tell them to read the things we are doing, then they realise we are doing good things. But millennials are really a great lot.
I realise that sometimes things go well and sometimes they don’t. But it is very important for me I feel personally, even selfishly, the need to be playing football matches.
I started to realise that it wasn’t for me. Perhaps I didn’t have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact.
For anyone aspiring to be anything, I would like them to realise dreams require work. So work big time.
Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.
As I grow older, I realise that just because I’m so obsessed with the truth, it doesn’t mean that everyone else in my life is equally comfortable with it.
I came to realise that string theory offers us the best hope of finding a unified theory of all matter and forces.
For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams.
He can bring many things to Madrid, certainly titles. But Cristiano can’t do it alone because he doesn’t play by himself and that is something everyone must realise.
Every James Brown cut makes a party get crazy. He’s the god of all music. I always play different wild remixes of his songs because people start bugging out when they realise what I’m playing.
I really can’t write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can’t read fantasy either. As soon as I realise I’m reading a book that hasn’t got its roots in a reality I can comprehend, I switch off.
Sometimes when a record’s done, I’m satisfied and I won’t listen back to it for a while ’cause I’m usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I’ve got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it’s a really good record.
I’ve come to realise that the best teachers never stop being teachers.
When you realise that money doesn’t actually make you happy, it’s a quick fix to have things you’ve always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that’s not what actually makes you happy. It’s more about having a great marriage and happy children; that’s what life’s all about.
I’ve done bits where I’ve perhaps talked about my kids annoying me and you hope that the audience realise that you do actually love your children. You can still be a good parent and be frustrated by your kids.
Our societies have achieved a general level of prosperity of which most of all the human beings who have ever lived could only dream. Now we need to show that we can stop continually wanting more – more money, more stuff. We must show that it is possible for people to realise that they have enough.
There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don’t have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is – and it’s because comic acting isn’t taken seriously enough. It’s a discipline. You know instantly – either you’re funny and getting the laughs, or you’re not.
Humans have to realise they’re not individuals but individual parts of the same organism, with responsibility to each other.
I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.
For me, it’s my work – I have a job, and that job happens to be with insanely talented actors. At this stage, it’s normal to me. But when I meet new people, I realise, ‘Oh, yeah, it’s actually really strange. I have a very unique hobby.’
People who are in abusive relationships often don’t realise it, but it slowly seems to build until you’re trapped.
I got to do Disney Sunday movies. I got to do a TV pilot there. And it really helped me to realise that I needed to not just be a writer, but a producer, to see my work up on the screen the way I wanted it to look and play.
So many people appreciate what you’ve done, the doors you’ve opened, but some people realise they’re not going to be able to make as much money as they thought possible when you first started.
A lot of people who have had the support of a McGrath breast care nurse, they come up and say what a positive difference it’s made in their lives and that in itself makes me realise what we’re doing is having a big positive effect and inspires me to keep going.
Ours is a divine journey; therefore, this journey has neither a beginning nor an end… This journey has a goal, but it does not stop at any goal, for it has come to realise that today’s goal is only the starting point of tomorrow’s journey.
It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there’s no point trying to be something you’re not.
I don’t think I will fully appreciate it until I have retired. My dad will ring me after a game and if we’ve lost it’s the end of the world for me but he will say: ‘I don’t think you realise – you are captain of West Ham, you grew up supporting the club.’
Fame doesn’t redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you’re finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.
There’s certain people in your life you realise aren’t exactly the people that you thought they were.
I do realise and understand very well on a profound level how lucky I am and what a privileged position it is and what it’s done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. But at the same time, there are moments in a man’s life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.
I’m very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, ‘Oh, I went out and bought something and didn’t realise how much it was,’ but there’s no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.
