No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present,...

The last time I was intimidated was when I was 6 years old in karate class. I was an orange belt and the instructor ordered me to fight a black belt who was a couple...

But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

I realized that women’s liberation is men’s liberation, too.

My very first products were hand-made, one-of-a-kind pins. When I finally realized I could repeat a phrase to make multiples, ‘intellectuals gone bad,’ a fairly succinct description of my own life, seemed appropriate.

Researching Magic Johnson, I realized I clearly haven’t done enough with my life.

I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy.

Everyone realized I was the innocent victim of a shakedown.

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

I realized women and humor were linked very closely.

I’ve grown up a lot, and I’ve realized that what I need to make myself happy is the people around you.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can’t change it and I like it.

A local newspaper where we were filming in Boston called me the Justin Bieber of Canada. I don’t think they realized Justin Bieber is from Canada. I hope someday I can just be the Liam...

I’ve been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn’t want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile....

When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else – I had to be a musician. I can’t commit to anything unless I love it.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.

I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.

I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid that I woke up prematurely and opened all the Christmas presents. And then I would be so relieved when I woke up and I...

I’ve been doing a hybrid of investing and entrepreneurship, which I think initially I wasn’t set out to do. But I realized it fit my personality.

I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot.

So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but when his ambition is realized, the world will praise him for the persistence...

I went through different styles but realized Ray-Bans are the classics. You can’t go wrong with them. I explore and cheat on them occasionally, but I always go back to the aviators.

Something I’m going to try to really instill in my own family is a lot of tradition. And, I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of...