Realization : (11) " I can’t think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone. " - Gillian Flynn " When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson. " - Sophie Gregoire Trudeau " I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible. " - Anurag Kashyap " 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