Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.
The modern era of Cape Cod baseball dawned in 1963 when the league became a showcase for the collegiate elite.
The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.
I started reading about people of great accomplishment... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.
It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.
It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.
I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.
It never dawned on me that I was sexy. I always thought of myself as the goofy kid.
Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.
With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb.
It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother.
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.
Most of my songs are inspired by both falling in love and heartache. And it was a turning point for me as a singer and songwriter as it dawned on me that I wasn't being honest enough about what I truly feel.
I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.
I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.
While my friends were discussing Pearl Harbor as the country's problem, I took it personally. It dawned on me that the Japanese attack could be my ticket out of high school.
I wanted to be a vet when I was little, so it never really dawned on me that acting was my career, it sort of chose me more than I chose it.
I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me - how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?
I remember when 'I'm Moving On' came out, and we got the response we did, I thought, 'Man, this could be for real.' That was the first time it dawned on me what we had.
It dawned on me then that you either had to survive apartheid, or you had to perish with it. And I decided to survive.
The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden.
Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people?
The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
I remember seeing the first Astaire-Rogers musical on television, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It dawned on me that you don't have to wear a cowboy hat to be a man.
I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States.
I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.'
The oldest [John Kenneth] Galbraith rule is that when you hear that a new era has dawned, you should take cover.
Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my own. Then it dawned on me: That's not what I think; that's what married people think.
When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.
To bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second.
After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.
It actually dawned on me that I don’t fight. I just kill whatever annoys me, and it’s over. (Savitar)
Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.
It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I didn't know what the steps were, it never even dawned on me. It seemed so outside the realm of possibility.
A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow's supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.
Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a stranger was his own.
I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
Somebody has always wanted me to speak as a voice of black America, but it has dawned on me that I can only speak for myself.
It dawned on me that theatre is a powerful weapon for change.
One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am.
It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.
I started reading about people of great accomplishment … and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.
Well, it only dawned on me about six months ago that not everybody's against me all the time. It was something of a revelation.
Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.
In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don't talk about the arts there much on career day.
It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart like acting did.
I was almost on the verge of studying medicine. But then, I realised I would have to give up singing. That is when it dawned on me that I could have a career in music.
We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people.
My parents, my teachers, my friends, my ex-wife-everybody held up a mirror and I accepted the image that came back. Well, it finally dawned on me that my reflection in others' eyes was the truth once removed.
The day of the android has dawned.
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint
What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.
And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age - regardless of how they look on the outside - pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
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