#aware

I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character. ↗

— Maya Lin

#architecture #art #aware #become #began

Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

#elderly #emergency #families #food #large

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#become #definitely #i #more #much

Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens. ↗

— Ken MacLeod

#aware #big #fiction #how #leaving

Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science. ↗

— Arthur Machen

#become #business #ceased #dreams #everybody

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#aware #awareness #cancer #feel #formed

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#active #aids #awareness #because #breast cancer

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

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There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. ↗

— Carson McCullers

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I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. ↗

— David McCullough

#book #distractions #down #good #how