“ What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal. ”
- Anna Pavlova- Copy
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“ I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes. ”
- Erma Bombeck- Copy
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“ I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another. ”
- Jean Cocteau- Copy
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“ A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. ”
- Marlene Dietrich- Copy
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“ Without realizing it, you've actually become a ready-made family, like pot noodles - put the hot water in and it's there. ”
- Samantha Morton- Copy
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“ The truly incredible thing is we're realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic time. ”
- Stevie Nicks- Copy
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“ My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. ”
- Charles Barkley- Copy
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“ We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ”
- Frederick Koenig- Copy
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“ Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to. ”
- Joe Gores- Copy
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“ The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. ”
- Oprah Winfrey- Copy
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“ A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ A wage hike is very hard to take away, but bonuses and profit-sharing can disappear very quickly in hard times…More people are realizing that bonuses look like raises, but really aren't. ”
- Al Bauman- Copy
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“ Continue to love each other with true brotherly love. Don't forget to be kind to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ Full maturity… is achieved by realizing that you have choices to make. ”
- Angela Barron McBride- Copy
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“ If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. ”
- Mark Houlahan- Copy
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“ In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard. ”
- Zen Saying- Copy
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“ Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ”
- Lucille Ball- Copy
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“ Philanthropy, like Red Cross voluntarism, is realizing the enhancing influence of cultural diversity. Inviting the full participation of all the community's resources leads to win-win situations. ”
- Gwen Jackson- Copy
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“ Realizing that our actions, feelings and behavior are the result of our own images and beliefs gives us the level that psychology has always needed for changing personality. ”
- Maxwell Maltz- Copy
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“ The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary. ”
- Carl Jung- Copy
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“ One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. ”
- James D. Watson- Copy
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“ The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. ”
- Iris Murdoch- Copy
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“ I've never vied for power in the family before. Pointing a box at the garage door and saying Open! was never a big deal, but holding that television tuner and realizing I alone control what is flashed on the screen brings out the Iacocca in me. ”
- Erma Bombeck- Copy
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“ We don't require our astronomers to explore the heavens with 19th century telescopes, and we don't require our geologists to study the Earth with a tape measure. If we are serious about realizing the promise of stem cell research, our biomedical researchers need access to the best stem cell lines available. ”
- Tom Harkin- Copy
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“ I think people are shocked when I do other characters. Right now I'm doing a little workshop play in New York and at the Groundlings and I play a completely other character - I think they are shocked when I'm not Jack. Slowly people are seeing outside of the box and realizing that I became an actor to play other roles and not just one role for the rest of my life… ”
- Sean Hayes- Copy
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“ The fun of being alive is realizing that you have a talent and you can use it every day, so it grows stronger… And if you're in an atmosphere where this talent is appreciated instead of just tolerated, why, it's just as good as sex. ”
- Lou Centlivre- Copy
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“ Without realizing what I did I began to dance along the road to Delphi. My feet danced and my arms moved, not in a dance that I had learned from others, but in a dance that moved and lived in me. My whole body moved in joyous ecstasy. ”
- Mika Waltari- Copy
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