I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

Most people don't realise there's certain things that players go through off the field. Most times, guys are good at hiding things.

I didn't really realise that I was going to have more obstacles because I was a woman. It was never something that I thought about.

When you go through heartbreak, you just do the things that get you by. Eventually, you realise it's about making the most of life.

To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting.

When you have children, you realise you can't plan anything. There's no Plan A, no Plan B. Life will happen and you will go with it.

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.

All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.

For the first time in my life I'm really happy to be unattached because I realise there is so much responsibility to having a partner.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!

I didn't realise how much I ate Mexican food, like tacos and burritos three times a week, until I came to Europe and couldn't find any.

Porsche is the last bastion of cars for petrolheads. So when they start making electric cars, you realise the world really is changing.

I realise that film industry is a brittle and fragile world, but I'm ready to face it all because I'm too much in love with this space.

My parents had something to say about everything I did. As a kid, I thought they were against me. Now I realise they were mostly right.

You have to realise that players change every year, just like we change because every year is different, as things happen in our lives.

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.

We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.

Don't get me wrong, the fans are great for us. But the fans, and the players, all of us together have to realise we have to be patient.

hooting for 'Savdhaan India' in Mathura made me realise that no matter what place you come from be it a holy city, crime still prevails.

The more I go to Australia, the more I realise how enormous the country is and how much there is to see. There's really nowhere like it.

I self-deprecate. When I first got here two years ago, I didn't realise that in America you can't go into the room and put yourself down.

I used to think that the feeling of alienation that I would have was just me, but I realise that it's also a symptom of the modern world.

The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the ecosystem.

People come into fights against me and say this and that, but when they realise how quick and how hard I hit, their game plan disappears.

There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don't have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.

I realise myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy, and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

There is no feeling of regret spending time on the campaign. I think working closely with Kalam made me realise how simple he is in life.

The NSA is already bugging everything that everybody does. Each time there's a new revelation from Snowden, you realise the extent of it.

Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.

One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.

Everyone wants to be a movie star or a model, to be in the papers, but few realise just what hard work it is, getting up early, and so on.

My dream is to play with the selecao in the World Cup in Brazil and I will have more chance to realise the dream if I play for a big team.

You've got all that 130 km. of being totally focused, and as soon as you cross the line, it takes a few seconds to realise what's happened.

People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not nice at all.

When you are no longer England captain, you suddenly realise it's over, you are no longer England captain, and you appreciate what you had.

I am a Muslim, yes, but I am also very English. People don't realise how proud I am to be representing my country or being from Birmingham.

The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.

Women born and raised on this fragile planet have more uniting us than dividing us - and it's the job of feminists to help us realise that.

I think most people who try to start a business, they realise very quickly that one of the biggest hurdles is having to be self-determined.

I realise I would not be the bowler I am today without the experiences, positive and negative, that I have had in Australia down the years.

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.

It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going.

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

Working with anyone is easy as long as you realise that your collaborator has the understanding and experience even if he is younger to you.

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.

You dream about winning since a kid and when you get that first win it took some time to realise it. But once I realised it, it was so cool.

When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is.

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