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Recognition Quotes


"The problem is not that we don't recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don't want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it."


"If you can't see past my name, you can't see me."



"The world will never know you because you have not become a slave of your gift."



"We only see God when we see people."



"God recognizes celebration."


"People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I heard your dad's speech, and it's really great.' And they'll mention some place I didn't even know my dad was going to."



"Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma." Bacchus scratched his stubbly chin. "Ah... yes. John Green." "Jason Grace.""Whatever," the god said."


"To be worthy of recognition, be humble."


"Applause is the spur of noble minds the end and aim of weak ones."



"Not to recognize God is to oppose the kingdom of love."


"Until our own time, history focussed on man the achiever; the higher the achiever the more likely it was that the woman who slept in his bed would be judged unworthy of his company. Her husband's fans recoiled from the notion that she might have made a significant contribution towards his achievement of greatness. The possibility that a wife might have been closer to their idol than they could ever be, understood him better than they ever could, could not be entertained."



"I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all."


"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."


"An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd."
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