Quotes About Realization

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality.

I'm so excited about 'Cooking With The Stars,' what an amazing opportunity to actually learn how to cook properly. When I got asked to do it I just thought, 'I can cook, I can do this,' and then I got put with a professional chef and realised quickly that actually I'm not a cook.

I was cocky and arrogant when I was younger. I thought that if I delivered a good performance, and put my best foot forward, that would be enough to get people's attention. So in my naivety, I cut my legs off at the knees, because I didn't realize that oftentimes it doesn't matter about the performance... it's the media that creates stars.

I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

I was able to find myself spiritually by realizing that my happiness started with me.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody - like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger - and I thought, 'That can be me.' So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn't realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous.

I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart.

I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but one day I found myself doing an improvisation and thought, 'Oh God, I quite like this acting thing.' The second start was meeting Mike Leigh when I was 22. He showed me I could play people that weren't like me.

A new DAO is like a startup. It requires a product/market fit, business model realization, and a lot of users/customers.

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.

End of Days is a lot of impact; it makes people open their eyes. It makes a statement.

Despite 'Mod Squad's hit status, I never really made the inner connection that I was contributing.

I was good at speech and debate and academics. I should've stayed in my lane, but I kept trying out for the basketball team. I thought I would make the N.B.A.

I think our cinema has stayed in its adolescent stage largely because of our obsession with and our dependence upon stars to make our movies. The stars, being only too human, realise that this is the case, and so they milk it for whatever it's worth, and who can blame them?

I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

Sometimes I stop, take a step back, and realise how good I've got it.

I suppose when its your own life you dont realise what youve achieved and what youve done until youve stepped out and looked back.

And it wasn't so much the medal, it was stepping out of the ramp during the Opening Ceremony. Man, I took a step back and realized I made it. That was huge.

I'll never forget the moment in 1985 when I was riding my motorbike down the King's Road and I first saw the words David Linley on the sign on my first shop. I nearly came off my bike. It was so incredibly public; I suddenly realised there was to be no stepping away from my work because my name was all over it.

So I sat down in my student room and thought, when did I have a lot of fun? I realised it was acting. I was 22. Then I slowly started to make small steps.

If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Health is not valued until sickness comes.