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I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
As we work to secure our data and communications from hackers, we must recognize that our citizens face a far broader array of threats.
We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'
Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution.
It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.
I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
We must recognize that Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to climate change, natural disasters, and external shocks.
What's exciting about watching a movie, when it's finished, is you sometimes you don't recognize yourself, and that's when I'm really proud.
Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.
To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person.
You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.
We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
Something people don't recognize is that being on the space station is probably a lot like being in some kind of confinement - like isolation.
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years.
We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.
The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.
The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.
I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.
I particularly recognize that reasonable people can disagree as to what that proper balance or blend is between privacy and security and safety.
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex.
When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love.
One of the topics I'm most passionate about is servant leadership - the greatest leaders recognize that they're here to serve, not to be served.
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
Someday, maybe we'll recognize that queer is actually the norm, and the notion of static sexual identities will be seen as austere and reductive.
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
Stop pyschoanalyzing Putin, and recognize that there is a certain mind set. The West must draw a line under 'Putinography' and just get on with it.
It's hard to strike that balance: to tell a kid that life isn't fair, but also recognize and enforce in them the reality that their choices matter.
I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.
There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.
President Obama and I recognize the importance of strong economic engagement for the continued growth of both the Philippines and the United States.
In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.