Quotes About Acknowledgment

They did not want stupid. They wanted you.

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.

Nobody ever thinks it's nice to see me...But I thank you for lying all the same. ~ Lady Danbury

The AFL and NRL have done an awesome job every season in acknowledging Australia's culture and Indigenous culture.

Fortunately, I got critic and audience acceptance much earlier than industry acceptance.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to realize what you do.

I think that's kind of nice that there's this kind of inherent respect between runners who do a marathon. People respect somebody who has done it, and I will do anything to get some respect because I don't get a lot respect in my life.

It's insane to have people recognize me for my work and get behind me.

It's insane for me to say this, but I've never been in a room with anyone that's more talented on the electric guitar than Brendan O'Brien.

When you learn that you inspired someone, it's a huge honor.

Actors can have a fair amount of hate for each other, so when another actor says, 'You did your thing,' or 'That was inspiring,' you can't really ask for more than that.

I look at my role and how important it is for the film. For instance, my role in 'Sarrainodu' was very much appreciated.

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.

I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

It is always great when people take interest in your work.

It is a great feeling to be called an international composer in the true sense.

I can't walk down the street anywhere in the world without being stopped. It can be an interruption, but on the whole, it's flattering.

It will move through you and you will touch joy and suddenly realize you have never felt joy because it requires abandon. It grows from gratitude and cannot exist where there is mad cynicism or distrust. You will touch this joy and you will suddenly know it is what you were looking for your whole life, but you were afraid to even acknowledge the absence because the hunger for it was so encompassing.

I say it because I believe that what we don't say we don't see, acknowledge, or remember. What we don't say becomes a secret, and secrets often create shame and fear and myths. I say it because I want to someday feel comfortable saying it, and not ashamed and guilty.