Quotes About Recognition

At the Beaux-Arts he was that most admired of students, "a second-place man." First place in academic competitions belonged to the highly capable and absolutely conventional; the truly brilliant, whose innovative work made the masters at the Ecole uneasy, learned to be content with second.

Y cuando callan los reconozco por su silencio inquieto y hostil, tan distinto del silencio atento de alumno que capta. El zoquete oscila perpetuamente entre la excusa de ser y el deseo de existir a pesar de todo, de encontrar su lugar, imponerlo incluso, aunque sea con violencia, que es su antidepresivo.

Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, you'll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, you'll be tempted to say to the people around you, "how can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it's easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.

For a man of the secret world, you have a rather famous face.

It's nice to have one's work appreciated.

Can't none of this be new to you.

Woodrell is the least-known major writer in the country right now." —Dennis Lehane, USA Today

I'm astonished by my success.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it.

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.

Listen, um ... in case you even feel like saying hello ...' I said, and I handed something else to her My disposable camera. Twelve moments of my own. She took it, and smiled like she understood, then looked at me once more. It was a look of recognition, something slowly dawning on her, my face meaning more to her then it had. 'I knew I knew you,' she said. 'I think I knew I knew you, too," I said.

The only word for love is everybody's name.

What made her angry was art that no one looked at, things that were hidden that needed to be seen.

We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ashanti and all those other cool people there in front of President Bush and the rest of the world feels awesome. I'm really looking forward to going.

What these writers share to one degree or another is the recognition that Jesus' message was tightly rooted to his Jewishness and operated in a more messianically inclined direction, pushing them into the Christianity side of the spectrum.

Education validates your intelligence giving rise to justification and acceptance in society.

The majority of governmental workers wear his or her personality not on their sleeves but on ID badges.

I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.

I never wanted to be famous.