For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.
A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.
When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in.
Altough we all realize that monotony is boring, almost every form of industrial work- banking, accounting, mass-producing, service- is monotonous, and most people are paid for simply putting up with monotony
And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.
As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.
Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.
In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.