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“I think music will always be a big part of my life. I can't go five minutes without singing, sometimes unconsciously. And people stare at me, and I'm wondering why they're staring, and then I'm realizing that I'm belting out a tune.”

People Thinking I Can Sometimes Bigs Realizing Wonder Five Minutes Singing Staring Tunes Five Minutes

Author:Justin Timberlake

“I think women see me on the cover of magazines and think I never have a pimple or bags under my eyes. You have to realize that's after two hours of hair and makeup, plus retouching. Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.”

Thinking Two Eye Realizing Hours Hair Wake Up Magazines Bags Makeup Plus Pimples Cindy Hair And Makeup Retouching

Author:Cindy Crawford

“I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just enjoy the day you're in. Really make the most of it.”

Thinking Life Is Enjoy Realizing Unpredictable

Author:Amy Grant

“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory'.”

Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

“Language is power, in ways more literal than most people think. When we speak, we exercise the power of language to transform reality. Why don't more of us realize the connection between language and power?”

People Thinking Way Reality Speak Language Realizing Exercise Connections Literal Power Of Language Language And Power

Author:Julia Penelope

“I think people have put too much focus on me. I don't think they realize the other weapons we have on this team. I don't think they realize the great offensive line that we have.”

People Thinking Realizing Lines Too Much Focus Team Weapons Nfl Offensive Offensive Line Focus On Me

Author:Colin Kaepernick

“Any time someone tries to tell you that metadata is 'meaningless, don't worry, it's just who you call, it's just phone records, it's not a big deal' - realize we kill people based on metadata. So they must be pretty darn certain that they think they know something based on metadata.”

People Thinking Knows Trying Bigs Certain Realizing Deals Worry Records Phones Meaningless Big Deal Nsa Metadata

Author:Rand Paul

“I think authors are just realizing there's no real reason to feel limited to a narrow set of genre rules in their writing. There's no reason a mystery novel can't have fantastic elements in it. Similarly, there's no reason why your epic fantasy series can't have elements of a mystery.”

Thinking Feels Writing Real Reason Realizing Fantasy Novel Mystery Elements Series Fantastic Genre Reason Why No Reason Epic Mystery Novels

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“I think emotional and mental pain is probably worse than physical pain. I think we don't realize that I have no arms or legs but we all have disabilities of some sort, some fear, some lost, some wishes that didn't come true, things we wish would be better.”

Thinking Would Be Pain Lost Wish Realizing Emotional Arms Legs Disability Physical Pain True Things Mental Pain

Author:Nick Vujicic

“I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren't necessarily accurate.”

Thinking Country Certain Realizing Cities Perception Accurate

Author:Rosalynn Carter

“I think that the older I get and the more comfortable I get with myself, the more I realize that art is about relinquishing control of your emotions and being vulnerable and innocent.”

Thinking Art Realizing Emotion Comfortable Art Is Innocent Vulnerable Relinquishing Relinquishing Control

Author:K. D. Lang

“Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.”

Thinking Hate Realizing Judging Lawyer Promotion

Author:Lisa Scottoline

“It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?”

Thinking Action Realizing Consequence Gains Ultimate Punishment Too Late Irrevocable

Book:Beautiful Lies

Source: Beautiful Lies

“Over the years since I left home, I have kept thinking about the people I grew up with and about our way of life. I realize how much the bond that held us had to do with food.”

People Thinking Way Years Home Left Realizing Family Food Grew Grew Up

Book:The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition

“I spend most of my time in my head. You can always work out solutions and satisfactions there. Maybe you can't actually bring them about, but there's usually a pleasant pillow of time between imagining you can, and realizing you cannot.”

Thinking Realizing Solutions Satisfaction Work Out Pleasant My Time Pillow

Author:Sheila Heti

“You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.”

Thinking Knows Reality Past Young Realizing Comfort Fragile Hymns

Author:Andy Griffith

“I always think it's better to be not taking drugs or drinking or anything. That's not saying I've never done it because I have. But I sort of learned I think after a while there has been - it didn't take me that long to realize that it wasn't a good thing.”

Thinking Long Has Beens Done Realizing Drug Good Things Drinking Take Me

Author:Mick Jagger

“When people realize you're not the stuffed shirt they think you are it's such a relief and you have people who really like to be around you.”

People Thinking Realizing Shirts Relief

Author:George Hamilton

“There are certain things that I'll hear about and that I think will make a great book and I put it in a file. Sometimes it's a situation that interests me, and I don't even realize what I'm trying to say about it until I get closer to it. Sometimes the book after that I've written 125 pages of, and I can tell you what the book is after that. I just sort of have a linear progression, but more than anything, the topics land in your lap. I don't feel that I go out searching for them.”

Thinking Feels Trying I Can Book Sometimes Certain Interest Realizing Situation Written Land Pages Topics Lap Files Progression Linear Great Book

Author:Jodi Picoult

“I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.”

People Thinking Needs Realizing Loving You

Author:Chadwick Boseman

“Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it's after the age of 70 you realize - you begin to actually be convinced - you're growing older.”

Thinking Age Certain Realizing Clear Growing Convinced Growing Old Growing Older

Author:Leonard Cohen

“Most people don't realize that they feel something is wrong before they think something is wrong.”

People Thinking Feels Realizing Intuition

Author:Jacqueline Winspear

“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.”

People Thinking Knows Looks Happens Realizing Journey Crazy Blessing Stress Pressure Extraordinary Thrones Whatever 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.”

People Thinking Knows Want Ideas Bigs Happens Age Stuff Realizing Like You Periods Starting Who I Am Beginners Big Stuff Approaching Life

Author:Jake Gyllenhaal

“I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are not trained to punch or kick, but you can walk or run or dance, which is also part of expression.”

People Thinking Art Running Realizing Walks Expression Kicks Martial Arts

Author:Donnie Yen

“Also, I think having that comic gene kind of makes you look at things in a different way. If you take yourself so seriously, eventually you end up one of those people having a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on their lives. You see them drawing the curtains and they don't even realize that they've kind of drifted off somewhere.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Looks Kind Different Ends Realizing Drawing Comic Different Ways Genes Curtains

Author:Jamie Foxx

“I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.”

People Thinking Young Realizing Imagine Higher Fame

Author:Naturi Naughton

“The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n roll song. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help.”

People Thinking Writing Whole Helping Song Realizing Music Rocks Cry Music Is Rock N Roll Comprehension

Author:John Lennon

“I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.”

Thinking Writing Song Realizing Music Hearing Discussion Dylan Being Me

Author:John Lennon

“It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.”

Thinking Giving Life Is Fall Realizing Simple Love You Baby Good Things Falling In Love Time To Think

Author:Anita Diament

“Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth.”

Thinking Knows Self Realizing Religious Opinion Righteous Arrogant Dogmatic Self Righteous

Author:Rupert Sheldrake

“People think living in your parents' basement until you're twenty-nine is lame. But what they don't realize is that while you're there, you save money on rent, food, and dates.”

People Thinking Parent Realizing Twenties Nine Saving Money Lame Basements

Book:Everything and a Kite

Source: Everything and a Kite

“It's dizzying to think how huge the world is, or to realize how tiny you are”

Thinking World Realizing Huge Tiny

Author:Pedro Juan Gutierrez

“The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually work much harder than men, and realize that they need more women in these jobs, I think that goes away.”

People Thinking Men Needs Seems Jobs Moving Realizing Lines Harder Bottom Scales Threatening Bottom Line Moving Up Cadre

Author:Madeleine Albright

“I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.”

People Thinking Kind Wanted Realizing Talent One Day Wake Up Waking Gifted Complaints Lap Nhl

Author:Wayne Gretzky

“I think the big thing for Simple Plan is that we were able to keep the band members, the same five guys, the same lineup from the start. That's not easy. We grew up together. We're friends. We come from the same world. We've always had the same dreams and goals. I think we realized, as the years go by, how precious it is to have that, to build that, to see so many bands break up... it makes us realize how different we are to all that. We're really proud of that.”

Thinking World Years Different Dream Bigs Able Together Guy Easy Goal Realizing Simple Break Five Plans Grew Proud Band Members Grew Up Big Things Dreams And Goals Band Members Simple Plan

Author:Chuck Comeau

“There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.”

Thinking Should Art Play Realizing Issues Percent Theater Productions Tickets Endowment Quota

Author:Marsha Norman

“One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.”

Thinking Giving May Moments Values Realizing Chance Prayer Manifest Centering Centering Prayer

Author:Thomas Keating

“I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.”

Thinking World Pain Suffering Realizing Anxiety Percent Privilege Elites Pain And Suffering

Author:Nouriel Roubini

“Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.”

People Thinking World Looks Realizing Ireland Dublin Center Of The World

Author:Martin McDonagh

“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.”

Thinking Wells Moving Realizing Our Lives Fate Extraordinary Creator Passive

Author:Jason Silva

“I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.”

Thinking Way Writing Trying Seems Certain Stuff Realizing Results Changed Listening Activity Elements Ears Settling Composition Seeming Filters Being Free

Author:Peter Gabriel

“When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.”

People Thinking Firsts May Bigs Film Realizing Prejudice Monsters Monster Movie

Author:Bong Joon-ho

“Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.”

Thinking Knows Sometimes Realizing Damn Very Deep You Think You Know Damn Things

Author:Jandy Nelson

“You can't control what goes on around you, you can't. But for me, I think there's staples of these moments, that crazy moment where you think you're indestructible. That moment where you find out that you're not. And then that moment where all of a sudden you go, okay, I'm not indestructible but I'm gonna be okay. You have this life, and we all have these lives we live but it takes a bit of learning before you realize not every drama's going to kill you and not every hard day has to lead to another one.”

Thinking Hard Moments Bits Realizing Crazy Goes On Drama Okay This Life That Moment Indestructible Staples Hard Days

Author:Andrew McMahon

“Realizing the ways in which we humans may have been inadvertently changing our genes for millennia provides a way for us to begin to think about the inevitable genetic revolution in medicine that is going to allow us to advertently change our genes over centuries and even decades.”

Thinking Way Humans May Has Beens Realizing Century Revolution Medicine Decades Inevitable Genes

Author:Nicholas A. Christakis

“Life hands us a lot of hard choices, and other people can help us more than we might realize. We often think we should make important decisions using just our own internal resources. What are the pros and cons? What does my gut tell me? But often we have friends and family who know us in ways we don't know ourselves.”

People Thinking Knows Way Should Doe Important Hard Helping Hands Might Choices Realizing Decision Resources Guts Internals Family And Friends Important Decisions Pros And Cons

Author:Sheena Iyengar

“Self-importance is a trap, because the moment we start to think that we actually matter is the moment when things start to go wrong. The truth is that you are supremely unimportant and nothing matters. All of man's striving is for nothing; all effort is wasted. To realize that everything is meaningless is tremendously liberating, since it then leaves us completely free to create our own lives and ignore the plans that others have for us.”

Thinking Men Self Matter Moments Realizing Effort Plans Truth Is Importance Strive Meaningless Traps Liberating Unimportant Self-importance Nothing Matters

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl.”

“I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever.”

People Thinking Faces Social Realizing Effort Forever Risk Including Posts Online Shelves Social Network Texting Shelf Life

Author:Mark Cuban

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