When I was in my formative years, I rejected Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, and Dean Martin. I now realise they were all great artists, but at the time, as a young man, you have to clear the decks.
I left home to become a singer and didn’t realise when I turned comedian.
We may not realise it, but dancing is a form of meditation.
The actual teaching itself becomes lost in a sea of paperwork and teachers soon realise that the very reason they entered this profession constitutes only a fraction of their working day.
I have this ambition that when I become powerful and famous, I will host an event of boxing or kick-boxing, which the entire nation watches. That way, this sport will gain attention. People will realise that there is a lot of talent in India.
One place I’d love to go is Augusta. My uncle’s been to watch the Masters a couple of times and said you don’t realise on television how hilly it is. When you walk the course, you’re hiking up hills, but on TV it all seems so manicured.
If you stop now and start to realise what you have achieved, then you start to relax, and you start to lose. I don’t think about everything I have achieved. I will do it when I retire because then I will have a lot of days to remember.
My books start almost before I realise it. Once in a while, some accident causes an idea to rise to the surface and say: ‘now.’
I used to tweet, but it’s an act of futility. You’re not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, ‘Oh my God!’ because you’ve opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.
I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women’s movement didn’t realise how much easier it was to reach people by making them laugh than by shaking a fist and saying, ‘Don’t you see how oppressed you are?’
There’s different kinds of love, and I’d never experienced that kind of totally platonic love. All the love I’ve experienced has always been a kind of deal, and now, as I get older, I realise that there’s this other love out there.
Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it’s more versatile than people realise it to be. It’s a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it.
When you’re in a marriage, you can’t leave just because you’re arguing all the time. But it does stuff to you that you don’t realise at first. It damages you, and you start thinking the worst of people.
As a novelist, you have to realise that the novel and the film have to live separate lives. They’re just different, like your kids, even if they look alike.
Realise when you are ‘middle aged’ you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.
There aren’t many great adverts for marriage or parenthood. It always looks so stressful, and that’s what I’ve been scared of. What you don’t realise is how much you’re going to get back.
I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.
When you start to realise how much of what you’ve constructed of yourself is based on deception and lies, that is a horrifying realisation.
I realise that every time my face is on TV or I’m playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.
When I found out my parents wanted to homeschool me, I was so bummed out. I missed all my friends. But now I realise that if I wasn’t homeschooled, I’d be the lamest kid ever – I wouldn’t have been able to speak English, for a start.
My dad’s a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn’t realise that.
I got booed by my own fans when I came on in my first game for England. You go through things that are ridiculous. But you get to the stage you realise everyone’s got an opinion.
When you’re a young kid, you’ve burst onto the scene, everyone want sort be your friend, come out with you, and you don’t actually realise who wants to be there with you and who wants to be your friend.
People have to realise we are footballers, we are targets but we have got to protect ourselves.
The majority of people don’t even realise I was a tennis player. The older you get, the less people remember what you did before.
The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business.
Once you have done with school, you realise that it is just a smaller version of life, and really I have felt that I should have been an adult since I was aged about five.
If you lose emotion, and you gain it back, you realise that hate and love are very important to distribute properly. So I’m not going to waste any kind of emotion on things that aren’t related to me.
A lot of new signings find it difficult to settle because they don’t realise how fast and how physical it is and how fast the games come round.
People on the outside see a Neymar on the pitch, but that’s not him. People see him doing tricks and dribbles and think that he is only trying to enjoy himself, that he’s selfish and only thinks about himself. But when you share a dressing room with him you realise that it’s not the case.
I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity.
I stuck around in Hollywood for too long. I was there a long time, and when I left, I was smart enough to realise that what I was leaving was not just the movie business. I wanted to get rid of the whole atmosphere.
We actually went public partly because we wanted companies to realise we were not going away.
When you are young, nothing is more important than football, but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.
Never feeling really at home in any one country is always challenging. You realise that you have to lean on yourself and to own it.
Before getting meningitis, I was such a hypochondriac, worrying about the slightest ache. Ironically, I overlooked meningitis because the symptoms seemed like flu. I guess you don’t realise how healthy you are until it is taken away from you.
When you have little kids, you lose friends because you’re so busy, but as they get older, you realise how important it is to have your girlfriends around.
During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we’ve come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.
When ‘Siruthai’ became a hit, there was suddenly a lot at stake. A lot of people were telling me what to do and what not to. But at some point, you realise that’s not the way to go. Good or bad, you need to be making your own choices.
I know straight away if I can do better. It doesn’t take people to criticise me for me to realise it.
I now realise how liberating all-inclusive resorts are. No carrying huge handbags anywhere. No having to worry about purses being pinched. No totting up the price in your head and fretting that you’ve spent too much.
The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.
The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise.
Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.
I didn’t realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn’t realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
We need to realise that not everyone can take the path to overnight success. Take actors such as Rajkummar Rao and Vicky Kaushal – they have built their work and profile over the years to get to where they are.
Unless people are in the shoes of a child actor, they don’t realise how difficult it can be at times. I definitely enjoy what I’m doing, though.
Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
A lot of people might say, ‘He must be seeing this person because he has problems,’ but actually, the truth is it’s a strength to realise you’re doing things wrong… and it’s a strength to get help.
If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
I’m not naive and realise it doesn’t make good commentary or sell newspapers if you only say nice things, and the time does come when you have to say someone isn’t good enough and has to go. But commentators like Richie Benaud have shown that criticism can be made in a constructive or humorous way.
I think I had a fur coat that someone bought me from Portobello Market back in the 1960s, but I think as soon as you think about it, what it is you’re wearing, make that connection, then you realise it’s just not right. I don’t lecture people about it, but it’s not something I’d ever wear.
