Realization : (8) " I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn’t exist. " - Steph McGovern " I’m not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it’s nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn’t the whole world. " - Chris Kattan " Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist. " - Margaret Atwood " I mean, you know, we don’t live in a perfect world. " - Michael Bloomberg " When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you. " - Garth Risk Hallberg " Sometimes people look at television personalities and say, ‘Wow, they’ve never had any problems.’ And I really wanted people to know that hadn’t been my path. I want people to know the real me underneath. " - Gretchen Carlson " I don’t use tools to create things, but I use them to realize things. " - Ma Yansong " The big thing was realizing for myself that I had tied my ego to the outcomes and to startups. " - Justin Kan