“A lot of women are in a crazy exercise cycle; they're so afraid they'll gain weight if they stop, and it's especially hard when they get pregnant. What they need to realize is that if you're not exercising so much, you don't have to eat so much, and your body adjusts. It sounds so simple, but you really do have to listen to your body.” IfsNeedsHardBodySoundRealizingSimpleCrazyExerciseGainsWeightYour BodyCyclesPregnant Author:Courtney Thorne Smith
“Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!” KnowsFallSoundRealizingAdviceCollegeFifteenShallowPreyFreshmanPublicists Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.'” TryingKindSoundRealizingListeningRidiculousHeyDevelopingEmulate Author:Alex Borstein
“You have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You simply have to say, "Look. I love you, but I cannot stand by and watch you kill yourself slowly. When you want help I'm here. Until then, goodbye." That may sound cruel, but self-preservation is paramount to helping someone else. If you're a wreck, you're useless to them, anyway. And if they refuse help, despite knowing the likely outcome, they will head down that path anyway.” IfsWantLooksMaySelfHelpingTurnsSoundCan DoRealizingWatchesKnowingPathLove YouRefuseDespiteUselessOutcomesGoodbyeConvincePreservationWrecksSelf PreservationParamountOne You LoveSomeone You LoveKilling YourselfHelping Someone Author:Ellen Hopkins
“A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address.” PeopleShouldWritingIdeasSoundRealizingSubjectsAddressesWriting Poems Author:Matthea Harvey
“September is a sweep of dusky, purple asters, a sumac branch swinging a fringe of scarlet leaves, and the bittersweet scene of wild grapes when I walk down the lane to the mailbox. September is a golden month of mellow sunlight and still clear days. ... Small creatures in the grass, as if realizing their days are numbered, cram the night air with sound. Everywhere goldenrod is full out.” IfsStillsNightSoundRealizingWalksClearAirMonthsSceneCreaturesGoldenGrassBranchesSunlightSeptemberPurpleFringeGrapesLanesBittersweetScarletMellowMailboxesSmall CreaturesAstersClear DayGoldenrod Author:Jean Hersey
“I'm interested in feedback and learning what people want. It's a tricky thing for me when I do a set list. You get bored doing the same songs. Let's say we do one ballad in two hours, and it's "Wild Horses." If you say, I'm tired of that, let's try something less well known, and then you're out there stumbling through this song you just relearned at sound check, and you realize people probably want "Wild Horses" instead of this. You do need to do some songs that aren't so well known. The question is how many? I'm open to people posting their requests.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsTryingWellsTwoSongSoundRealizingHoursKnownLaughingHorseTiredListsChecksBoredWell KnownFeedbackRequestTrickyI'm TiredStumblingBalladsWild Horses Author:Mick Jagger
“Director Ken Burns revealed that his next documentary is about Franklin Roosevelt, and it's fourteen hours long...which sounds like too much, until you realize there's been over thirty hours of TV dedicated to Honey Boo Boo.” LongRealityNextPoliticsSoundRealizingCommunityHoursHistoryComedyToo MuchTvsDirectorsThirtyHoneyDedicatedDocumentariesFranklinFourteenBoo BooHoney Boo Boo Author:Jimmy Fallon
“It sounds funny to say, but we saw [Kate's wedding to Prince William] as just a family wedding. And actually, I didn't realize - perhaps - the scale of it until afterwards. We all took on the roles as any family would.” RealitySoundRealizingFamilyRolesHistorySawsScalesKateFamily History Author:Pippa Middleton
“You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers paid $250 million to get Alex Rodriguez.” KnowsSoundRealizingMillionsPaidTexasAlexBin LadenRangersBounty Author:Jay Leno
“All things reflect the divine energy of nature—every flower, every rock, every sound, every sight. Once we realize that truth, we cannot help but smile.” HelpingTruthEnergySoundNatureRealizingRocksDivineFlowerAll ThingsSightSmile Author:Philip Toshio Sudo
“I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.” IfsWorldFirstsLooksSaidEyeArtistSufferingLeftSoundRealizingMusicFansMajorsConsequenceDown AndMedicalPerformingVacationEmergenciesTouringBloggersBuckles Author:Iggy Azalea
“When you start to see things that are well-executed you'll watch a lot of stuff in 3D and see the same scene again in 2D and realize, "Oh, my god, it's like you turned the color off or the sound off." Once you get used to it, I think audiences and the public will want more of it.” ThinkingWantWellsUsedStuffSoundRealizingWatchesAudienceColorLike YouScene Author:Andrew Wight
“A writer, or a beginning writer, is faced by the huge walls of self-consciousness. Most people think, "What if I say the wrong thing? What if I don't sound erudite and sophisticated? I'll be considered a fool." In time, with a lot of practice, you realize that's your foolishness is your gift.” PeopleIfsThinkingSelfSoundRealizingConsciousnessPracticeHugeWallFoolWhat IfSophisticatedFoolishnessWrong ThingsSelf ConsciousnessEruditeBeginning Writers Author:Richard Bach
“I didn't realize what I was even doing when I started to record music. I was just doing it for fun. I picked up whatever recording gear I could get my hands on and I'd sit there day-in and day-out... experimenting with different sounds and trying to write songs.” WritingTryingDifferentHandsSongFunSoundRealizingRecordsGears Author:Alex Goot
“A big marker in my life was realizing you could record sound: I liked to make little recordings and then go back and listen to them. It becomes something outside of you then and you can listen to it objectively.” LittlesBigsSoundRealizingRecordsMarkers Author:Josh Garrels