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Dawned Quotes

The moment clarity arrives, and what people do with it.

These dawned quotes capture the instant something becomes clear — realizing that your own voice is the only one you're truly responsible for, or recognizing, in a hard moment, the sheer will it takes to keep going and choose to survive.

Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the...

Quotes by Adam DeVine

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.

Quotes by Yolanda King

It dawned on me then that you either had to survive apartheid, or you had to perish with it. And I decided to survive.

Quotes by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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...

Quotes by Vernon L. Smith

Day Quotes

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

Quotes by Toni Basil

Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a Marshall...

Quotes by Tom Morello

I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateboarding. So I put down the skateboard and just kept going with the camera.

Quotes by Steve-O

I grew up around food and in a restaurant, so it never dawned on me that this was a thing to do; it just was. Then I found it as a profession in my mid-twenties after years of bad decisions...

Quotes by Roy Choi

Roads are necessary, but the fact that we don't fully recognize that when you build a road you're doing more than building a road - you're building the future development of your city. And, that's what's never dawned on people....

Quotes by Richard Lamm

Great Quotes

When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything...

Quotes by Paula Poundstone

We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people.

Quotes by Paul Reiser

I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me...

Quotes by Nolan North

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just...

Quotes by Mercy Otis Warren

I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said,...

Quotes by Mark Warkentin

Life Quotes

Before I really became interested in fashion, all I would look at in a fashion magazine was the ads. It only dawned on me recently that just looking at the ads really doesn't teach you everything you need to know...

Quotes by Mark Indelicato

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many...

Quotes by Laura Haddock

It dawned on me that theatre is a powerful weapon for change.

Quotes by John Kani

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.

Quotes by Jenna Ushkowitz

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.

Quotes by Jay DeMarcus

Me Quotes

The modern era of Cape Cod baseball dawned in 1963 when the league became a showcase for the collegiate elite.

Quotes by Jane Leavy

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the common thread in dawned quotes?
A moment of sudden clarity — something becomes obvious all at once, whether it's who you're speaking for or the resolve needed to get through something hard.
Do any quotes describe a hard realization about survival?
Yes, one reflects on a moment when the only real choice was between giving up and finding the will to keep going — and choosing to keep going.
Is childhood a theme in this topic?
Yes, one quote recalls how ordinary mornings once opened up bright and full of promise with nothing to worry about, a contrast to more difficult realizations elsewhere in the topic.
Do these quotes touch on finding your own voice?
Yes, one describes realizing that answering only for yourself matters more than being expected to represent a whole group.
How does this relate to Life quotes?
Dawned quotes focus on the moment of realization itself, while our Life quotes take a broader look at how people make sense of everyday experience.

Other reflections are gentler, recalling ordinary childhood mornings that opened up bright with fresh excitement and not a worry in sight. Explore our Day and Life quotes for related reflections.