“I think that what happened is that we grew up with the Holocaust within us. It turned us into harsh, emotionally incapable people who have become blind to what they are doing to other people. A lot of times, Holocaust abuse justifies terrible things done to the Palestinians. And you have to realize that what is going on is terrible, and that we are responsible, and we have to take responsibility - even if we are not completely responsible.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoneRealizingResponsibilityHappenedGrewTerribleGrew UpAbuseResponsibleBlindJustifyHolocaustPalestinianIncapableHarshTaking ResponsibilityTerrible ThingsThings Done Author:Eytan Fox
“I wanted to give people the ability once again to realize that they can still dream, but it has to be a new American dream that's based in honesty, integrity, and security - a dream that allows you to sleep at night, a dream that is attainable and allows you to stand in your truth.” PeopleGivingStillsDreamWantedNightRealizingSleepAbilitySecurityHonestyIntegrityAmerican DreamHonesty Integrity Author:Suze Orman
“I suspect states are going to realize there's money to be made, and they'll start to change laws so people can distil to sell. It happened with wine, it happened with beer.” PeopleMadeStatesLawRealizingHappenedSellsWineBeerSuspects Author:Adam Rogers
“Young people live exactly today... and they live in the immediacy of their world. And it's important for us, people from older generations to realize that a lot of our values, a lot of our truths are no longer truths, are no longer valuable.” PeopleWorldImportantTodayYoungValuesRealizingGenerationsValuableImmediacyOlder Generation Author:Walter Mosley
“Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience. The power of couple dancing and courtship, it's elegant, and you wouldn't realize America was once a nation of dancers and singers today. People of all races could dance and sing.” PeopleBodyAgeTodayAmericaCertainNationsRealizingRaceCuttingGenerationsMovementYouthCoupleSellsDancingJazzSingersCelebrateDancerElegantCourtshipOlder Generation Author:Wynton Marsalis
“People say 'nerd' condescendingly, but when you're older you start to realize that it's the nerds who grow up to be the cool ones.” PeopleGrowsRealizingGrowing UpNerd Author:Leelee Sobieski
“We are under [government's] control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.” PeopleIfsGovernmentRealizingHavensParanoid Author:Merle Haggard
“When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few pieces of street art and photograph them really well, even if their locations weren't actually that high-profile or dangerous, with the level of exposure they get from the Internet, with a large audience, they can maintain that rebel cache by having it be theoretically documented street art.” PeopleIfsWorldWellsArtRealizingLevelsAudiencePiecesStreetsDangerousInternetPhotographRebelLocationExposureProfileArt WorldHigh ProfileStreet ArtCache Author:Shepard Fairey
“The film is better for me than the sitcom. But the sitcom is like much more practical approach, if I may say that, because of the cost. Everything costs money, a lot of people don't realize that.” PeopleIfsMayFilmRealizingCostApproachPracticalsSitcom Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Vocal rest is awesome. It is like any kind of fast. Firstly, it is a purification of speech. It made me realize how not careful I am with the things I say. It also makes you find new ways of communication and new methods to connect with people.” PeopleWayKindMadeRealizingCommunicationSpeechMethodCarefulNew WaysVocalPurification Author:Matisyahu
“I think most people, when they take a look at the candidates and the positions of the candidates, realize that protecting this country and keeping this economy going are the two most important issues. And you can't protect the country if you retreat from overseas, and you can't keep the economy growing if you raise taxes. And that's exactly what the Democrats in the House would like to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksTwoImportantCountryHouseRealizingEconomyIssuesGrowingPositionProtectTaxesRaisesDemocratCandidatesRetreatImportant Issues Author:George W. Bush
“The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to do when you set out to be a musician, to be a little 14-year-old's role model.” PeopleYearsLittlesRealizingRolesBecomingMusicianModelsRole ModelsFreaky Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people.” PeopleBookReadingRealizingDesperateNonfictionPiracy Author:Daniel Handler
“If you set goals for yourself, and you're like a lot of other people, you probably realize it's not that your goals are physically impossible that's keeping you from achieving them; it's that you lack the self-discipline to stick to them. It's physically possible to lose weight. It's physically possible to exercise more.” PeopleIfsSelfGoalRealizingLosesImpossibleAchieveDisciplineExerciseWeightSticksSelf DisciplineSetting GoalsLose Weight Author:Daniel Goldstein
“A lot of people didn't realize that with the carpet being pulled out from under me in such a short time frame I got to such a bad place.” PeopleRealizingCarpetShort Time Author:Hulk Hogan
“When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.” PeopleWorldNeedsStoriesHomeBigsFilmRealizingTroubleHeardNew YorkIndustryIndependentDrivenLike MeMake SenseFilmmakerKeep GoingHave FaithFilmmakingReflectingIndependent FilmFilm Industry Author:Andrea Arnold
“As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now I've gotten much more precise with my shooting. Editing is a whole other layer because then, sometimes you realize characters don't even need to say this or that. It becomes an issue of exposition, and over-explaining something. In the script, I'd reinforce certain things about what I wanted people to know two or three times, but in the editing room, I'd be like, "I only need to say this once, maybe twice."” PeopleKnowsNeedsTwoSometimesWholeCharacterWantedYoungCertainThreeStuffRealizingRoomsIssuesShotsScriptsShootingFilmmakerLayersEditingPreciseThree TimesExplaining Author:Storm Saulter
“Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or flying a plane, or having a nice steak, or drinking from a plastic bottle all contributed to the destruction of the environment - it's a bit complex, but music needs to pave the way for getting people to think about this kind of complexity. I'm just doing my share.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsKindBitsRealizingBreakForeverEnvironmentNiceShareCarDestructionDrinkingComplexesDrivingMilesFlyingIcePlanesComplexityBottlesPlasticChanging Your LifeSteakChunksAntarcticaBreak OffPlastic Bottles Author:DJ Spooky
“There are not a ton of people buying cars - cars are expensive. So people usually go for the cheapest car they can get. And if the price of gasoline falls again, it makes the savings that you get with an electric car harder to realize.” PeopleIfsFallRealizingCarHarderSavingExpensiveBuyingElectricSavingsGasolineElectric CarBuying A Car Author:Chris Paine
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingMomentsFeltRealizingAttentionBrainFocusImaginePlansWorstStageHappeningsCalmTerrorConsistentThat MomentSurprisingThreadSurvivingWorst Moments Author:Amanda Ripley
“We all know that housing prices are going up, but what most people don't realize is that this has become a family problem. Housing prices are rising twice as fast for families with kids.” PeopleKnowsProblemKidsRealizingRisingHousingFamily Problems Author:Amelia Warren Tyagi
“I'm just a regular guy. I want people to realize that I embody the true American dream. I work hard. I went to school.” PeopleWantHardDreamSchoolGuyRealizingHard WorkAmerican Dream Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“You're married to a woman who has no objection to another woman joining the couple. Then she brings in her boyfriend. Suddenly you realize - my God! - you can love more than one person. In fact, you can love several people at the same time.” PeoplePersonsFactsRealizingCoupleMarriedJoiningObjectionsAnother Woman Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“Maybe I don't think I'm touching people, but I am. Sometimes I'm sitting there at three in the morning, proofreading something, and I'm thinking, Is this really worth it? Or am I doing this only because my mother taught me never to give up? Then you realize, no, even if it doesn't come back to you, you are touching people.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingSometimesMotherThreeRealizingMorningTaughtGiving UpSittingTouchingWorth ItNever Giving Up Author:Micah Lexier
“My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write a song. I realize that as a record producer or a singer or whatever I might not, if I recorded on myself or someone else, the first time out I might not give it the right treatment, so that the world or many people will accept it and it'll be a public hit, or anything like that.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingWritingFirstsPhilosophyMightSongRealizingAcceptingRecordsFirst TimeSingersProducersTreatment Author:Smokey Robinson