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> [You don't really realize when you become a 'veteran' - it just sort of happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-dudley/you-don-t-really-realize-when-you-become-a-veteran-it-just-sort-of/)

[Jared Dudley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-dudley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/jared-dudley-6512_become_you-don-t-really-realize-when-you-become_2725419.jpg)

> [Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-tyler-moore/sometimes-you-have-to-get-to-know-someone-really-well-to-realize-you/)

[Mary Tyler Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-tyler-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/mary-tyler-moore-8090_sometimes_sometimes-you-have-to-get-to-know-someon_5775.png)

> [Wake up. Accept and acknowledge what you really are. Realize your true value, the absolute value](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee-seung-heun-lee/wake-up-accept-and-acknowledge-what-you-really-are-realize-your-true/)

[Ilchi Lee; Seung Heun Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee-seung-heun-lee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/ilchi-lee-seung-heun-lee-79149_accept_wake-up-accept-and-acknowledge-what-you_49611.jpg)

> [Leaving everyone behind to go to college has really made me realize who my true friends are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/leaving-everyone-behind-to-go-to-college-has-really-made-me-realize/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/anonymous-1_friends_leaving-everyone-behind-to-go-to-college_798354.jpg)

> [“Some day you cross this thin line and you really realize that we need to protect ourselves from ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/some-day-you-cross-this-thin-line-and-you-really-realize-that-we-need/)

[Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/douglas-coupland-305_life-after-god_some-day-you-cross-this-thin-line-and-yo_2927606.jpg)

> [I sometimes never really realize what lyrics are saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-chatto/i-sometimes-never-really-realize-what-lyrics-are-saying/)

[Grace Chatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-chatto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/grace-chatto-9820_lyrics_i-sometimes-never-really-realize-what-ly_1506705.jpg)

> [Eventually, you really realize who your true friends are, and who's only there because of what you can do for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/eventually-you-really-realize-who-your-true-friends-are-and-who-s/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/anonymous-1_friend_eventually-you-really-realize-who-your-t_406770.jpg)

> [It was very necessary I think 'cause you know, when the band's over, or at least in our heads, for a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-margera/it-was-very-necessary-i-think-cause-you-know-when-the-band-s-over-or/)

[Jess Margera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-margera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/jess-margera-45953_band_it-was-very-necessary-i-think-cause-you_828703.jpg)

> [Everyone always says, 'Don't take it for granted.' I don't think we do take it for granted, but sometimes you get caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-zimmerman/everyone-always-says-don-t-take-it-for-granted-i-don-t-think-we-do/)

[Ryan Zimmerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-zimmerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/ryan-zimmerman-4681_baseball_everyone-always-says-don-t-take-it-for-g_1908571.jpg)

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