I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
If people recognize me from ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ they just give me that look that’s like, ‘I think I know you. I think I saw you boxing in 1912, but I’m not sure,’ because it was such a short-lived run.
I would be remiss if I didn’t say that it has been troubling for me to work within an institution that does not seem to recognize that I am a statistic.
I’m not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself – there is a basic indifference toward people.
There are many people who think we should have zero tax on capital gains, interest and dividends for everybody, as – the very, very wealthy. But recognize that means that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett would pay no income tax at all. And some people say, ‘Well, that’s a good thing for growth of the economy.’
Even when I get on airplanes, very often, as I walk down the aisle, I notice a lot of people staring or whispering. I recognize the fact that yes, to a lot of people, I will always be that 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped and who was held captive.
People are starting to recognize me, and it can be hard because I’m a really nice person, and people will ask me uncomfortable questions like they know me, and I’m just like, ‘Umm… can I walk away now?’
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
Some people watch comedy to relax. I watch ’21 Grams.’ I can recognize sadness and tragedy really easily because it’s been with me forever.
People are not impressed by watching interviewees cry. People recognize chat shows with personalities as the trivial things that they are. They’re not designed to be deep. Quite frankly, people in show business don’t stand up to in-depth scrutiny.
That’s something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.
We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn’t recognize value, it’s contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it’s done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
There is no need to subject people in capitalism to additional suffering; the point is to get them to recognize that the suffering they are already undergoing is caused by capitalism.
We recognize the need to adapt to a changing competitive environment.
Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That’s not how I was brought up. I don’t recognize the country I live in anymore.
Hollywood studio executives don’t recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.
People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.
Mothers – especially single mothers – are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation’s children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families’ well-being.
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
If President Obama has his way, you won’t recognize the government, the free market system, or, frankly, America as you once knew it. His admonitions and his audacious policy goals demonstrate very clear motives: equalize, discourage dissent, and become a nation of apologists.
There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.
Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I’m just the first one to point it out publicly.
God’s forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
I have a photograph of myself when I was 2 years of age, and I don’t recognize the person in the photograph. She doesn’t look anything like me, and I can’t find any trace of her in me physically. And yet I remember her very, very well – even her anxiety.
You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby.
When I walk or people see me somewhere they stop and recognize me; heads turn when I pass. God has blessed me.
I can tell you that I can always recognize a Boston song, even if it’s in a noisy place. I can hear that it’s Boston even before I know what song it is. If a Boston song comes on in a club or somewhere, I notice that it’s Boston, and the second thing I notice is what song it is.
China in particular is an absolutely fascinating place to be. Culturally and politically and economically it’s becoming more and more relevant. If you look at how China is perceived in different parts of the world, you can recognize it’s very dynamic. It’s also challenging what it thinks of itself.
I’d say people recognize me, but having children recognize me is the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you have the power to make the children’s dreams come true, and it’s better than anything else.
If President Obama really means what he has said repeatedly about supporting the aspirations of the Egyptian people, then he will have to recognize that in Egypt today, as in America in 1963, that can mean opposing government policy.
People see God every day, they just don’t recognize him.
Futurists get to a certain age and, as one does, they suddenly recognize their own mortality.
I think we spend so much of our lives trying to pretend that we know what’s going to happen next. In fact we don’t. To recognize that we don’t know even what will happen this afternoon and yet having the courage to move forward – that’s one meaning of faith.
Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.
I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.
Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.
Someday, maybe we’ll recognize that queer is actually the norm, and the notion of static sexual identities will be seen as austere and reductive.
I recognize that every role I play, I’m not going to play someone that has a ministry or that is a Christian, and I don’t think that’s what God has called me to do. The gift and talent that He’s given me as an actor, director, producer is to entertain, sometimes to inform, most times to inspire.
I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, that they’re not exempt from success. All I ever wanted was for people to believe in me and just recognize my potential. I came, I struggled, I made it, I conquered.
I think there’s a settled quality, there’s a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there’s nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.
Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.
We leap to conclusions and remember those conclusions as fact. We react on our own prejudices but don’t always recognize them as such.
Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.
We recognize and truly believe that women’s stories have the power to transform the world.
We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us.
Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God’s word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.
When I’m dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.
We all understand that we are living longer, and we are more likely to spend more years as frail, elderly people who can’t work. We also recognize that the wonderful advances in medicine also come with wonderful price tags. Those are things you can’t budget around.
