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  • Science is absolutely incomplete unless and until the scientists are Realised Souls. Medicine is incomplete, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, everything is incomplete unless and until you know the Divine laws. -- Nirmala Srivastava
  • More dreams are realised and extinguished in Bombay than any other place in India. -- Gregory David Roberts
  • After feminism, I suddenly realised: not everyone has to live the same way. Imagine that! -- Gloria Steinem
  • That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is. -- Lesley Garrett
  • Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. -- John Lennon
  • I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
  • As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.' -- Stephen Hawking
  • I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours. -- Ed Sheeran
  • I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. -- Carlos Santana
  • I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame. -- Mickey Rourke
  • And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension. -- Ayrton Senna
  • I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there's no good reason for the disparity in opportunity around the world. -- Hugh Jackman
  • I realised that you can go through times of extreme happiness, but if that happiness is not coming from a deeply rooted place, you will also be going through extreme lows of sadness. -- Katrina Kaif
  • At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but I've certainly gone a long way towards realising some goals and some dreams. -- Linton Kwesi Johnson
  • Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down. -- Ayrton Senna
  • I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. -- Kailash Satyarthi
  • When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. -- Emo Philips
  • It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant. -- Jonah Lomu
  • I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school. -- Katie Leung
  • The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city. -- Carolina Herrera
  • So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way. -- John Newcombe
  • I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create, but it is like walking around a swimming pool and hesitating to jump in because the water is too cold. -- Patrick Modiano
  • You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself. -- Drew Barrymore
  • If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be. -- Chloe Sevigny
  • Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way. -- Gary Numan
  • I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself. -- Maj Sjowall
  • I've realised how important having family is. -- Miyavi
  • Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion. -- Mahatma Gandhi
  • Every limitation must be overcome to realised the goal. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • It wasn't until school that we realised that we were abnormal. -- Gilberto Hernandez
  • Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised. -- Wernher von Braun
  • I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain. -- Andrew Garfield
  • The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th. -- Claire Danes
  • Since I had cancer I've realised that every day is a bonus. -- Geoffrey Boycott
  • I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. -- Sara Sheridan
  • Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised. -- Wei Wu Wei
  • I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born. -- Jeff Kinney
  • I realised nothing was permanently broken, I needed to take control and make changes. -- David Haye
  • And that's when I realised that a mans' ego was like fruit; easily bruised... -- Lauren Kate
  • I realised that to compare your insides with other people's outsides leads to unhappiness. -- Marcus Brigstocke
  • I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book -- Sara Paretsky
  • I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work. -- John Dyer
  • I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life. -- Jennifer Aniston
  • I realised that in a lot of failures, there is a lot of opportunities. -- Clive Palmer
  • You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised. -- James Dyson
  • I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring. -- Kathryn Bigelow
  • After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. -- Chris Pine
  • When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy. -- Miyamoto Musashi
  • I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first. -- Arrigo Sacchi
  • I've realised I need a gnawing, nagging, anxious doubt when I wake at 4 A.M. -- Catherine Tate
  • What is a great life? It is the dreams of youth realised in old age. -- Alfred de Vigny
  • I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised. -- Brendan Coyle
  • From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others. -- Jamie Oliver
  • Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast. -- Dick Gregory
  • I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest. -- Oscar Wilde
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  • When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40. -- Shane Warne
  • I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality. -- Alice Lowe
  • With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more. -- Robin Gibb
  • What she had realised was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst. -- Steig Larsson
  • When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. -- Dawn French
  • I realised that you don't have to jump through a series of complicated hoops to achieve a goal. -- Paulo Coelho
  • I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process. -- Gil Gerard
  • I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally. -- Richard Meale
  • Being from a minority culture, I realised the importance of looking at non-Western cultures in a positive way. -- Ibn Warraq
  • He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish. -- John Vaillant
  • The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised. -- Henri Nouwen
  • What he's done is recognise the cinematic nature of the book. It's beautifully realised - it's a beat film. -- Tilda Swinton
  • I realised that conforming didn't accomplish anything. Do your own thing. As long as you learn that, you're cool. -- Sandra Bullock
  • I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people. -- Magnus Scheving
  • When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them. -- Paul Merton
  • I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people. -- Magnus Scheving
  • It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed. -- Derrick Bell
  • Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best. -- Diane Keaton
  • I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality. -- Nicole Krauss
  • The unchangeable can only be realised in silence. Once realised, it will deeply affect the changeable, itself remaining unaffected. -- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • I used to buy lottery tickets every week until I realised you could watch it on TV for nothing. -- Jimmy Carr
  • I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far, -- Jacques Kallis
  • When people say 'stadium songs,' it's really negative. All the festival headliners, I've realised, are usually the worst bands. -- Laurent Brancowitz
  • I realised that although I was fascinated with America, its history and culture, I was not interested in becoming American. -- Luc Sante
  • I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint. -- Alan Hansen
  • During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child. -- Namie Amuro
  • I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
  • I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer. -- Nathan Sawaya
  • Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised. -- Peter Weir
  • I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth. -- Linus Roache
  • On the contrary Deepika feels inferior to other people I was surprised when I realised it. She is straightforward & very giving -- Imtiaz Ali
  • I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death. -- Raj Kapoor
  • I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. -- Helen McCrory
  • I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing. -- Craig Roberts
  • I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
  • I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor. -- James Nesbitt
  • My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! -- Dick Bruna
  • I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success. -- Rebecca Ferguson
  • I realised I've got quite a talent for coming up with ideas for design. I've got so many ideas about fashion. -- John Caudwell
  • In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which that love can be realised in creation. -- Rowan Williams
  • History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same. -- A. L. Rowse
  • When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated -- Darren Hayes
  • Until I was left with nothing but life and books, I realised these two gracious gifts, where enough for me to exist. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • I've realised over the years I play my best when I have time to prepare for each tournament as best as possible. -- Andy Murray
  • Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else's interest before one's own. -- Michelle Cohen Corasanti
  • My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more. -- Juliana Hatfield
  • When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house. -- Maj Sjowall
  • I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence. -- Mike Oldfield
  • I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody. -- Reese Witherspoon
  • I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes. -- Ramona Koval
  • When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience. -- Antony Beevor
  • I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe. -- Jeanette Winterson
  • I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced. -- Barbara Pym
  • Dangling in space I realised I could always slip out of the harness. I looked forward to the peace of the great release. -- Douglas Mawson
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  • I went up to a man and said 'Jesus loves you' but I realised that it didn't mean anything unless I did it. -- Jackie Pullinger
  • As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour -- Daphne Guinness
  • I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery? -- David Rubenstein
  • Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before. -- Caterina Murino
  • The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable. -- Arsene Wenger
  • I realised I'd spent a lot of time in my poetry trying to find a way of talking about that whereof we cannot speak. -- John Burnside
  • It would actually constitute more than a miracle, he realised. It would take divine intervention plus luck, plus some unknown element of cosmic wizardry. -- David Baldacci
  • I've realised that when I don't play people who are complex I get very, very bored, and then lazy, and end up being rubbish. -- Sienna Miller
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