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.

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey there are votes in this!

That's one of the great things about poetry one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop as it were.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.

I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

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.

I didn't know this about myself but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service I really think I've won.