Quotes About Recognition

For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.

I love the Oscars. All sorts of tacky people win. And watching everyone run up and down those aisles is just adorable.

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.

With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.

I think for us up-and-coming artists, once you're out there, once you've put stuff up, once people know who you are, once you discover who you are, we're all in the same boat: it's down to whether people appreciate the music or not.

I've been this voice of a lot of upbeat dance tracks, but people don't really know me.

It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work.

It's good news that all the parties, well, with the exception of the People's Party, recognize that we're in a climate crisis. It's bad news that there are parties that still are not being upfront and honest with the people of Canada about what we need to do about it.

Everything was always a pretty up and down for me. It's always been an uphill battle as far as getting respect goes.

I really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren't enough records uplifting them out there.

My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.

I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.'

Star kids always get an upper hand at the start of their career. People in the industry often know them from the time they were toddlers, so they show support to them when their film is about to release.

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

I give big ups to people who are very big on social media, whether they're doing vlogs or whatever. It takes a lot of effort.

I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career.

I'm not really a popular fan of the whole Hall of Fame thing. I've had a lot of ups and downs, and I don't feel deserving a lot of times.

One mustn't close one's eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.

There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition - which means seeing things you're familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there's also hysterical laughter - a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.

It's strange. No one ever really talked to me about my voice. People started writing about it, and I was like, 'What?' I'm really about my lyrics, but more people were talking about my voice. It's cool, but at first I got upset because I wanted people to focus on the content.

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder.

I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised.

I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.

When I just started my career, of course, I always try to look very good, and I changes the dress all the time on the performance. And people came to me and said, 'Oh, beautiful dress. Your dress is so beautiful, and you look so beautiful.' That's it. And I was so upset nobody saying anything about my singing.