Quotes About Awareness

I'm having this conversation with you now. I'm talking, but I'm thinking, feeling, smelling, and moving. Yet I'm concentrating on what you're saying. So that means there's more things going on in the body than just the present thing that the person's got you doing.

I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.

You never know how much time you have left.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' choir at the local Episcopal church. But I got the clear message that I was supposed to learn music there, and not pay too much attention to the rest of it, and I followed those instructions very carefully.

People only have so much attention.

I come from a past of addition, so I didn't pay much attention to politics.

I have always said that I do not pay much attention to what is said. Not to the positive and not to the negative.

I'm really not aware of much press. I could drive myself mental if I went on the internet. I'd probably overanalyse it anyway. There's so much media that I'd feel bombarded, so I don't pay it much attention.

Mental illness is real, and I got them. I don't know if it's the multiple concussions or the lifestyle choices.

I began running half-marathons and it helped my fundraising for the multiple sclerosis society and others.

When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.' I said to her, 'Well, my heart bleeds for you, because you're an idiot.'

There's no such thing as multitasking.

When I was 13, my mum knew that I was gay, and she just always knew.

I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country.

It was normal to us, like having a camera or seeing Mum and Dad play live - what you grow up with is normal to you. When you get a bit older and go to school, and see what other peoples families are like, then you start comparing it to your life.

I want bikers to ride safely, wear helmets and realise that their families are waiting at home for them. Even in Mumbai, I have seen that they don't wear helmets and are always in a hurry.

I want to elevate the mundane.

I wouldn't mind working in restaurants again because you build up a relationship with the customers. I'm really inspired by the mundane - it's often the most ordinary-looking people who have the best stories - and you can watch diners and study their idiosyncrasies without them being aware of it.

It's impossible not to be aware of the Ryan Murphy empire, but he is so kind and funny, and you feel in such safe hands every day.

There are a lot of different beliefs for tightening up your core. I think just being conscious of it and being aware to engage your muscles will help any woman's tummy get in shape.

Every time I kick a goal, I do the Joining Jack sign, which is two Js linked together for Jack's charity and for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.