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title: "16 Realized Early Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Realized Early quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Realized Early sayings and thoughts."
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> [Sometimes it's better to make a mark than to hit your mark, and I think I realized that early on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willam-belli/sometimes-it-s-better-to-make-a-mark-than-to-hit-your-mark-and-i/)

[Willam Belli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willam-belli/)

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> [I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-gotti/i-think-i-realized-early-on-that-my-family-wasn-t-like-other-families/)

[Victoria Gotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-gotti/)

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> [I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-bloom/i-realized-early-on-that-the-academy-and-the-literary-world-alike/)

[Harold Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-bloom/)

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> [I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-realized-early-on-that-success-was-tied-to-not-giving-up/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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> [I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-realized-early-that-unless-you-re-willing-to-kill-the-innocent-you/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

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> [I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocky-carroll/i-was-a-class-clown-i-realized-early-on-feeling-very-comfortable-in/)

[Rocky Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocky-carroll/)

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> [I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-would-construct-and-work-along-various-lines-until-i-found-them/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [I realized early I can manipulate the ceiling in the middle class. The allure becomes how far I can make the ceiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mohr/i-realized-early-i-can-manipulate-the-ceiling-in-the-middle-class-the/)

[Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mohr/)

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> [“He realized this early on, and realized too that what people think are their lives are merely its conditions. The truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-van-booy/he-realized-this-early-on-and-realized-too-that-what-people-think-are/)

[Simon Van Booy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-van-booy/)

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> [I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/i-think-i-realized-very-early-on-that-you-can-spend-a-lot-of-time/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

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> [I realized early on in my life that I couldn't hit the curve or throw the 50-yard post pattern, so talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-eisen/i-realized-early-on-in-my-life-that-i-couldn-t-hit-the-curve-or-throw/)

[Rich Eisen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-eisen/)

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> [I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-realized-very-early-the-power-of-food-to-evoke-memory-to-bring/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-dean-stanton/i-realized-early-on-that-if-i-became-an-actor-i-could-play-a-writer/)

[Harry Dean Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-dean-stanton/)

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> [I realized very early that I was never going to make by living by writing string quartets. But I wanted to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rodney-bennett/i-realized-very-early-that-i-was-never-going-to-make-by-living-by/)

[Richard Rodney Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rodney-bennett/)

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> [Larry Kramer wisely realized so early on that to change the world, people have to know you. If they know you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-murphy/larry-kramer-wisely-realized-so-early-on-that-to-change-the-world/)

[Ryan Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-murphy/)

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> [For the first couple of records that I made I just tried to sing like Hank Williams, you know, because I liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/for-the-first-couple-of-records-that-i-made-i-just-tried-to-sing-like/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

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