“When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate.” PeopleMadeIdeasDifferentStatesHappensFatherBeliefRealizingUnitedUnited StatesGeniusCompromiseMakeupSenateFoundingOur Founding FathersDifferent Ideas Author:Claire McCaskill
“When you're a kid, you have no power. You're physically small and weak, and adults are constantly telling you what to do. So it's incredibly compelling to imagine yourself not only as someone to whom exciting things happen but as someone who is more than those around you. The problem is that then you begin to grow up and realize you're just a lowly muggle. … Is it possible that all of us, weaned on these stories, end up inevitably disappointed with mundane life as it actually exists?” EndsStoriesProblemHappensKidsGrowsRealizingGrowing UpImagineAdultsWeakExcitingThings HappenDisappointedCompellingMundaneExciting ThingsMugglesMundane Life Author:Paul Waldman
“You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.” HappensRealizingDealsConsequenceWeightSleevesPoints In Life Author:Ernie Isley
“The clouds are passing by slowly as the moon appears. Like the clouds, there are certain things which will disappear with the passing of time. And when it happens, you'll realize that it wasn't any big deal.” BigsHappensCertainRealizingDealsDramaMoonCloudsDisappearPassingPassingsBig DealPassing By Author:Jin Sun Mi
“We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.” HappensFacesYoungRealizingPoorResponsibilityRichOur LivesWhatever HappensRich Or Poor Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“I've been really, lucky and sometimes you think, 'Why? How did this happen to me - what did I do to deserve this?' And you realize how much it's just luck. And then you see that there's a lot of people who are not as lucky as you are, and I want to like share that luck, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantSometimesHappensRealizingShareLuckyDeserveLuck Author:Natalie Portman
“You aren't always going to make stuff that everybody does. The sooner that you just realize that and accept that, the better. At best, hopefully, you will like it, every time, and that might not even happen. It's the nature of your work. It's just what comes with it. So, it makes it easier to deal with anybody criticizing you or anything thinking you're wonderful when you realize that you just need to focus in this one area, which is your creative fulfillment and enjoyment.” ThinkingNeedsDoeMightHappensStuffRealizingDealsAcceptingCreativeFocusWonderfulEasierAreasHopefullyFulfillmentEnjoymentWorking ItCriticizeHoping For The Best Author:Sharlto Copley
“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.” PeopleHappensRealizingLinesPoliticianVoteNeighborhoodStations Book:Terminal: A Burke Novel Source: Terminal: A Burke Novel
“I don't think I'm going to get so mature that I lose touch with the whatever wounded part of myself that feels the need to be funny. I'm already old enough that I realize that's not going to happen.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsEnoughHappensRealizingLosesMatureWounded Author:Judd Apatow
“War is a culture, bellicosity is addictive, defeat for a community that imagines itself to be history's eternal victim can be as intoxicating as victory. How long will it take for the Serbs to realize that the Milosevic years have been an unmitigated disaster for Serbia, the net result of Milosevic's policies being the economic and cultural ruin of the entire region, including Serbia, for several generations? Alas, one thing we can be sure of, that will not happen soon.” YearsLongHas BeensWarHappensCultureRealizingCommunityResultsImagineGenerationsOne ThingEconomicPolicyVictoryEternalVictimIncludingDefeatDisasterRuinsRegionsAlasSerbia Author:Susan Sontag
“I realize that as quick as you go up, you can really come down that quick. And we've seen it happen with others.” HappensRealizing Author:Joel Osteen
“Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.” IfsYearsLooksProblemHappensTodayTurnsThreeRealizingNumbersSituationFiveBlessingTenYears AgoDefeatDisasterGreat ThingsChineseOur FutureThree YearsEncouragingYour FutureTurning Points Author:Bob Proctor
“I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them.” WantHappensLiteratureRealizingSeriesThings Happen Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.” PersonsMomentsHappensTodayLife IsRealizingAcceptingEventsSomewhere Else Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“You have to look at your blessings, don't you? With Thrones, I have to realize that, whatever happens, and for all the stress and the pressure that goes with it, it's been an extraordinary journey and I know I'll look back later in my life and think, 'That was crazy, that was amazing.' It's something that very, very few people experience, and I love that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksHappensRealizingJourneyCrazyBlessingStressPressureExtraordinaryThronesWhatever Happens Author:Kit Harington
“I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantIdeasBigsHappensAgeStuffRealizingLike YouPeriodsStartingWho I AmBeginnersBig StuffApproaching Life Author:Jake Gyllenhaal